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Syllabus  of  Kentucky  Folk-songs 


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OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  CALIFORNIA 

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Transylvania  University  Studies  in  English 


II 


By 

HUBERT  G.  SHEARIN,  A.  M.  Ph.  D. 
Professor  of  English  Philology  in  Transylvania  University 

and 

JOSIAH  H.  COMBS,  A.  B. 
Editor  of  The  Transylvanian 


Transylvania  Printing  Company 

Lexington,  Kentucky 

1911 


Transylvania  University  Studies  in  English 


II 


A  J^yilabu0  af  Ifctttitrfeg  JfalJ 


By 

HUBERT  G.  SHEARIN,  A.  M.,Ph.  D. 
Professor  of  English  Philology  in  Transylvania  University 

and 

JOSIAH  H.  COMBS,  A.  B. 
Editor  of  The  Transylvanian 


Transylvania  Printing  Company 

Lexington,  Kentucky 

1911 


TO 

R.  M.  S. 


INTRODUCTION 

This  syllabus,  or  finding-list,  is  offered  to  lovers  of  folk- 
literature  in  the  hope  that  it  may  not  be  without  interest  and 
value  to  them  for  purposes  of  comparison  and  identifica- 
tion. It  includes  333  items,  exclusive  of  114  variants,  and 
embraces  all  popular  songs  that  have  so  far  come  to  hand  as 
having  been  "learned  by  ear  instead  of  by^eye,"  as  existing 
through  oral  transmission — song-ballads,  love-songs,  number- 
songs,  dance-songs,  play-songs,  child-songs,  counting-out 
rimes,  lullabies,  jigs,  nonsense  rimes,  ditties,  etc. 

There  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  many  more  such 
await  the  collector:  in  fact,  their  number  is  constantly  being 
increased  even  today  by  the  creation  of  new  ones,  by  adapta- 
tion of  the  old,  and  even  by  the  absorbtion,  and  consequent 
metamorphosis,  of  literary,  quasi-literary,  or  pseudo-literary 
types  into  the  current  of  oral  tradition. 

This  collection,  then,  is  by  no  means  complete:  means 
have  not  been  available  for  a  systematic  and  scientific  search 
for  these  folk-songs,  which  have  been  gathered  .very  casually 
during  the  past  five  years  through  occasional  travel,  acquaint- 
anceship, and  correspondence  in  only  the  twenty-one  follow- 
ing counties:  Fayette,  Madison,  Eowan,  Elliott,  Carter, 
Boyd,  Lawrence,  Morgan,  Johnson,  Pike,  Knott,  Breathitt, 
Clay,  Laurel,  Rockcastle,  Garrard,  Boyle,  Anderson,  Shelby, 
Henry,  and  Owen — all  lying  in  Central  and  Eastern  Ken- 
tucky. 

All  of  the  material  listed  has  thus  been  collected  in  this 
State,  though  a  variant  of  The  Jew's  Daughter,  page  8, 
has  come  by  chance  from  Michigan,  and  another  of  The 
Pretty  Mohee,  page  12,  was  sent  from  Georgia.  The  Cum- 
berland Mountain  region,  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  State, 
has  naturally  furnished  the  larger  half  of  the  material,  be- 
cause of  local  conditions  favorable  to  the  propagation  of  folk- 
song. However,  sections  of  Kentucky  lying  farther  to  the 
westward  are  almost  equally  prolific.  The  wide  extension  of 
the  same  ballad  throughout  the  State  argues  convincingly  for 
the  unity  of  the  Kentucky  stock — a  fact  which  may  be  con- 
firmed in  more  wavs  than  one. 


The  arrangement  is  as  follows:  The  material  in  hand 
is  loosely  grouped  in  eighteen  sections,  according  to  origin, 
chronology,  content,  or  form.  Though  logically  at  fault,  be- 
cause of  the  cross-division  thus  inevitably  entailed,  this 
plan  has  seemed  to  be  the  best.  No  real  confusion  will  result 
to  the  user  in  consequence.  In  fact,  no  matter  what  system 
be  adopted,  certain  songs  will  belong  equally  well  to  two  or 
more  different  categories. 

Under  each  of  these  eighteen  main  divisions  the  treat- 
ment of  the  individual  song-ballad  isi  in  general  as  follows*: 
First,  stands  the  title,  with  variant  titles  in  parentheses. 
Should  this  be  unknown,  a  caption  coined  by  the  editors  is 
placed  in  brackets.  Secondly,  a  Boman  numeral  immediately 
follows  the  above  to  denote  the  number  of  versions,  if  variants 
have  been  found.  Thirdly,  the  prosodical  character  of  the 
song  is  roughly  indicated  by  a  combination  of  letters  and 
numerals.  Each  letter  indicates  a  line;  the  variation  in  the 
letters  indicates,  in  the  usual  fashion,  the  rime-scheme  of  the 
stanza.  Each  numeral  indicates  the  number  of  stresses  in 
the  line  (or  lines)  denoted  by  the  letter  (or  letters)  imme- 
diately succeeding  it.  When  a  chorus,  burden,  or  refrain  is 
present,  the  metrical  scheme  of  this  stands  immediately  after 
an  "and,"  as,  for  example,  in  The  Blue  and  the  Gray,  page 
14.  In  the  case  of  the  refrain,  the  letters  used  are  independ- 
ent of  those  immediately  preceding  the  "and",  and  denoting 
the  rime-scheme  of  the  stanza  proper.  Fourthly,  an  Arabic 
numeral  follows  to  indicate  the  number  of  stanzas  in  the  sons:, 
exclusive  of  the  refrain,  should  one  be  present.  If  the  num- 
ber of  stanzas  in  a  ballad  is  indeterminable,  because  its  form 
is  fragmentary,  or  because  its  variant  versions  differ  in  length, 
this  fact  is  indicated  by  an  appended  ca  (circa).  Sixth,  and 
last,  is  a  synopsis,  or  other  attempt  to  give  briefly  such  data 
as  may  serve  to  complete  the  identification. 

Illustration  of  the  third  item  above  may  be  helpful. 
Thus  in  Pretty  Polly,  on  page  7,  4aabb  indicates  a 
quatrain  riming  in  couplets,  with  four  stresses  in  each  line. 
In  Jackaro,  page  9,  Sabcb  indicates  a  quatrain  riming  al- 
ternately, with  three  stressed  syllables  in  each  line.  In  The 
King's  Daughter,  page  7,  4a3b4c3b  indicates  a  quatrain, 
with  only  the  second  and  fourth  lines  riming  and  with  four 


stresses  in  the  first  and  third  lines  and  three  stresses  in  the 
second  and  fourth.  In  Johnnie  Came  from  Sea,  page  14, 
6aa  denotes  a  rimed  couplet,  with  six  stresses  in  each  line. 

It  has,  naturally,  been  difficult  at  times  to  decide  whether 
certain  stanzas  should  be  counted  as  couplets,  or  as  quatrains 
half  as  long.  In  such  cases,  the  air,  or  tune,  and  other  data, 
often  rather  subtle,  have  been  employed  in  making  decision. 
The  quatrain  form  has  in  uncertain  instances  been  given  the 
benefit  of  the  doubt.  Even  thus,  certain  minor  inconsistencies 
will  perhaps  be  noted.  It  is  hardly  necessary  to  add  that 
assonance  freely  occurs  in  the  place  of  rime,  and  as  such  it 
is  considered  throughout. 

All  attempt  to  indicate  the  prevailing  metrical  unit,  or 
foot,  within  the  line  has  been  frankly  given  over.  Iambs, 
dactyls,  and  their  ilk  receive  scant  courtesy  from  the  com- 
poser of  folk-song,  who  without  qualm  or  quaver  will  stretch 
one  syllable,  or  even  an  utter  silence  (caesura),  into  the  time 
of  a  complete  bar ;  while  in  the  next  breath  he  will  with  equal 
equanimity  huddle  a  dozen  syllables  into  the  same  period. 
Consequently,  this  item,  even  if  it  could  be  indicated,  would 
have  scant  descriptive  value. 

It  is  a  pleasant  duty  to  acknowledge  gratefully  the  as- 
sistance of  those  who  have  transmitted  to  our  hands  many  of 
the  songs:  Mesdames  J.  W.  Combs,  W.  T.  Phillips,  Jennie 
L.  Combs,  Eichard  Smith,  Martha  Smith,  Euth  Hackney, 
W.  F.  Hays,  Ollie  Huff,  Eobin  Cornett,  Lucy  Banks,  Sarah 
Burton,  Kittie  Jordan,  and  Euby  Martin;  Misses  Martha 
Jent,  Maud  Dean,  Virginia  Jordan,  Jessie  Green,  Lizzie 
Cody,  Margaret  Combs,  Barbara  Smith,  Helena  E.  Eose, 
Sarah  Burton,  Sarah  Hillman,  Cordia  Bramblett,  Nannie  S. 
Graham,  Myrtle  Wheeler,  Melissa  Holbrook,  Eosetta  Wheeler, 
Euth  Hackney,  Ora  McDavid,  Jeannette  McDavid;  Messrs. 
Wm.  W.  Berry,  Chas.  Hackney,  S.  B.  Wheeler,  E.  L.  Mor- 
gan, Enoch  Wheeler,  Thos.  H.  Hackney,  James  Goodman,  W. 
S.  Wheeler,  Harry  M.  Morgan,  Henry  Lester,  T.  G.  Wheeler, 
C.  F.  Bishop,  and  John  C.  Jones. 

Especially  helpful  as  collaborators  have  been  Messrs. 
Winfred  Cox,  Emory  E.  Wheeler,  Eoud  Shaw,  A.  B.  John- 
ston, C.  E.  Phillips,  and  H.  Williamson. 


Kind  words  or  letters  of  appreciation  and,  in  some  cases, 
of  suggestion,  from  the  following  have  encouraged  the  prep- 
aration of  this  syllabus :  Professors  Alexander  S.  Mackenzie, 
of  the  Kentucky  State  University;  Clarence  C.  Freeman,  of 
Transylvania  University;  John  A.  Lomax,  of  the  University 
of  Texas;  Albert  H.  Tolman,  of  the  University  of  Chicago; 
John  M.  McBride.  Jr.,  of  the  University  of  the  South ;  George 
Lyman  Kittredge,  of  Harvard  University;  Henry  M.  Belden, 
of  the  University  of  Missouri;  and  Katherine  Jackson,  form- 
erly of  Bryn  Mawr  College,  who  has  most  generously  given 
the  use  of  her  manuscript  collection.  None  of  the  shortcom- 
ings of  this  brochure,  however,  can  be  imputed  to  them  in  the 
slightest  degree. 


SYLLABUS 

I. 

The  songs  in  this  group  are  the  survivors  of  English  and 
Scottish  originals,  found  for  the  most  part  in  the  Child  col- 
lection. Certain  of  those  given  in  sections  II  to  XVIII  below 
could  doubtless,  with  due  effort,  be  identified  in  like  manner. 

THE  KING'S  DAUGHTER  (Six  PRETTY  FAIR  MAIDS, 
PRETTY  POLLY),  iv,  4a3b4c3b,  9ca:  Variants  of  Lady 
Isabel  and  the  Elf  Knight,  Child,  No.  4.  By  a  stratagem 
she  drowns  the  lover  just  as  he  is  about  to  drown  her. 

PRETTY  POLLY,  iv,  4aabb,  9ca:  Parallel  in  general  plot 
to  the  above,  save  that  she  is  led  by  the  lover  to  an  open  grave 
and  there  slain.  (Cf.  5,  page  28.) 

FAIR  ELLENDER,  4a3b4c3b,  10:  A  variant  of  the  Earl 
Brand  cycle,  Child,  No.  7. 

LORD  OF  OLD  COUNTRY,,  4aa,  with  refrain  as  below, 
lOca :  A  variant  of  The  Two  Sisters,  Child,  No.  10. 

The  miller  was  hung  upon   Fish-gate,   Bosodown, 

The  miller  was  hung  upon  Fish-gate, 

(These  sons  were  sent  to  me) 

The  miller  was  hung  upon  Fish-gate 

For  drowning  of  my  sister  Kate ! 

I'll  be  true,  true  to  my  true-love, 

If  my  love'll  be  true  to  me. 

THE  EOPE  AND  THE  GALLOWS  (LORD  KANDAL),  4aa, 
12ca:  A  variant  of  Lord  Randal,  Child,  No.  12. 

EDWARD.  4a3b4c3b,  10 :  A  variant  of  the  Old  'World 
ballad  of  the  same  name,  Child,  No.  13. 

THE  GREENWOOD  SIDE  (THREE  LITTLE  BABES),  ii, 
4a3b4c3b,  9 :  Variants  of  The  Cruel  Mother,  Child,  No.  20. 

LITTLE  WILLIE,  4a3b4c3b,  5:  A  variant  of  The  Two 
Brothers,  Child,  No.  49. 

LORD  BATEMAN  (THE  TURKISH  LADY),  ii,  4abcb,  17ca: 
Variants  of  Young  Beichan,  Child,  No.  53. 


8 

LOVING  HENRY  (SWEET  WILLIAM  AND  FAIR  ELLENDER), 
iii,  4a3b4c3b,  llca:  Variants  of  Young  Hunting,  Child, 
No.  68. 

LORD  THOMAS  AND  FAIR  ELLENDER,  iii,  4a3b4c3b,  17ca : 
Variants  of  Lord  Thomas  and  Fair  Elinor,  Child,  No.  73. 

FAIR  MARGARET  AND  SWEET  WILLIAM,  iv,  4a3b4c3b, 
15ca:  Variants  of  the  Old  World  ballad  of  the  same  name, 
Child,  No.  74.  (Published  by  Combs  in  Jour.  Am.  Folk- 
lore, 23.381.) 

LORD  LOVELY,  4a3b4c3b,  9:  A  variant  of  Lord  Lovel, 
Child,  No.  75. 

COLD  WINTER'S  NIGHT  (  BOSOM  FRIEND,  LOVER'S  FARE- 
WELL), vii,  4a3b4c3b,  9ca:  Variants  of  The  Lass  of  Loch 
Royal,  Child,  No.  76.  (Published  by  Shearin,  Mod.  Lang. 
Review,  Oct.,  1911,  p.  514.) 

LORD  VANNER'S  (DANIEL'S)  WIFE,  ii,  4a3b4c3b,  17ca: 
Variants  of  Little  Musgrave  and  Lady  Barnard,  Child, 
No.  81. 

BARBARA  ALLEN,  vi,  4a3b4c3b,  llca:  Variants  of 
Barbara  Allen's  Cruelty,  Child,  No.  84. 

THE  BAILIFF'S  DAUGHTER  OF  ISLINGTON,  4a3b4c3b, 
12:  A  variant  of  the  Old  World  ballad  of  the  same  name, 
Child,  No.  105, 

THE  JEW'S  DAUGHTER,  ii,  4a3b4c3b,  12ca:  Variants 
of  Sir  Hugh,  Child,  No.  155.  One  of  the  Kentucky  versions 
makes  the  murdered  boy's  mother  go  seeking  him  switch  in 
hand,  to  punish  him  for  not  returning  home  before  night- 
fall. (Communicated  by  Dr.  Katherine  Jackson.) 

THE  HOUSE  CARPENTER,  iii,  4a3b4c3b,  13ca:  Variants 
of  The  Demon  Lover,  Child,  No.  243. 

DANDOO:  A  fragmentary  variant  of  The  Wife  Wrapt  in 
Wether's  Skin,  Child,  No.  277,  as  follows: 

He  put  the  sheepskin  to  his  wife's  back,  Dandoo; 

He  put  the  sheepskin  to  his  wife's  back, 

Clima  cli  clash  to  ma  clingo, 

He  put  the  sheepskin  to  his  wife's  back 

And  he  made  the  old  switch  go  whickity-whack, 


Then  rarum  scarum  skimble  arum 
Skitty-wink  skatty-wink 
Clima  cli  clash  to  ma  clingo. 

THE  GREEN  WILLOW  TREE,  metre  as  below,  11 :  A 
variant  of  The  Golden  Vanitee,  Child,  No.  286. 

There  was  a  ship  sailed  for  the  North  Amerikee, 
From  down  in  the  lonesome  Lowlands  low — 
There  was  a  ship  sailed  for  the  North  Amerikee, 
And  she  went  by  the  name  of  the  Green  Willow  Tree, 
And  she  sailed  from  the  Lowlands  low. 

THE  DRIVER  BOY  (YOUNG  EDWIN),  4a3b4c3b,  12:  The 
above  adapted  to  a  recital  of  Emily's  love  for  the  mail- 
driver  boy  and  of  his  untimely  murder. 

PRETTY  PEGGY  0,  metre  as  below,  6 :  A  fine  lilting  lyric 
of  the  Captain's  love  for  his  lass;  his  farewell;  and  his  death. 
It  begins : 

As  we  marched  down  to  Fernario, 

As  we  marched  down  to  Fernario, 

Our  captain  fell  in  love  with  a  lady  like  a  dove, 

And  they  called  her  by  name  Pretty  Peggy,  0. 

(Cf.  Child,  No.  299,  Trooper  and  Maid.  Published  by 
Shearin,  Sewanee  Eeview,  July,  1911,  p.  326.) 

LADY  GAY,  4a3b4c3b,  9:  An  English  woman  sends  her 
three  children  to  America.  They  die  on  board  ship,  their 
shades  return  to  the  mother  at  Christmas  and  warn 
her  against  pride.  (Cf.  Child,  No.  79,  The  Wife  of 
Usher's  Well,  and  a  close  variant  from  North  Carolina  in 
Kittredge's  Edition,  p.  170.) 

JACKARO,  iv,  3abcb,  17ca:  The  daughter  of  a  London 
silk  merchant  loves  Jack,  the  sailor-boy,  against  her  father's 
will.  Disguised  as  a  man,  she  follows  him  to  "the  wars  of 
Germany,"  finds  him  wounded  on  the  battle-field,  and  nurses 
him  back  to  health;  then  they  are  married.  (Cf.  Child,  1857 
ed.,  iv,  p.  328,  The  Merchant's  Daughter  of  Bristow,  4aba)b, 
65 :  Maudlin  disguised  as  a  seaman  follows  her  lover  to 
Padua ;  they  are  married,  and  return  to  England. ) 


10 

THE  FAN,  ii,  4abcb,  12 :  A  sea-captain  and  a  lieutenant 
woo  a  lady.  To  test  their  love  she  throws  her  fan  into  a  den  of 
lions.  The  sea-captain  recovers  it  and  wins  her.  (Published 
by  Shearin,  Mod.  Lang.  Notes,  26.  113;  for  British  originals 
see  Belden,  Sewanee  Review,  April,  1911,  p.  218,  and  Kit- 
tredge,  Mod.  Lang.  Notes,  26.  168.) 

THE  APPRENTICE  BOY,  iii,  4abcb,  12ca:  Like  Keats'a 
Isabella,  the  daughter  of  a  merchant  in  a  post-town  loves  her 
father's  apprentice.  He  is  slain  by  her  brothers  and  his  body 
hidden  in  a  valley.  His  ghost  reveals  the  murderers,  who, 
striving  to  flee,  are  lost  at  sea.  (Identified  by  Belden  with 
an  English  version,  The  Constant  Farmer's  Son,  in  The 
Sewanee  Review,  April,  1911,  p.  222.) 

II. 

The  songs  in  this  group  are  apparently  of  British  origin. 
Material  has  not  been  at  hand  to  justify  an  attempt  to  estab- 
lish their  identity. 

THE  RICH  MARGENT  [MERCHANT],  2abcb,  12:  Dinah, 
daughter  of  a  rich  London  merchant,  loves  Felix  contrary  to 
her  fathers  wishes.  Going  into  the  garden  she  drinks  poison. 
Felix  arrives  and  drains  the  rest  of  the  potion.  Both  are 
buried  in  one  grave. 

BENEATH  THE  ARCH  OF  LONDON  BRIDGE,  4a3b4c3b  and 
4aaaa,  5ca:  Here  a  man,  whose  son  has  recently  died,  finds 
a  waif.  Struck  by  his  resemblance  to  his  own  heir,  he  adopts 
•\he  orphan  boy. 

JACK  WILSON,  ii,  4a3b4c3b,  9 :  The  confession  of  Jack 
Wilson,  a  Thames  boatman,  awaiting  execution  in  Newgate 
prison  for  robbery  done  in  Katherine  Street,  and  his  denun- 
ciation of  the  "false  deluding  girl"  for  whose  sake  he  had 
done  the  wrong. 

THE  OLD  WOMAN  OF  LONDON,  3abcb,  6 :  She  causes  her 
husband  to  suck  two  magic  marrowbones,  which  blind  him; 
then  leading  him  to  the  river,  she  essays  to  push  him  in  to 
drown.  But  he  steps  aside,  and  she  dies  in  his  stead.  The 

refrain  is: 

Sing  tidri-i-odre-erdri-um, 

Sing  f ol-de-vi-o-day ! 


11 

THE  GOLDEN  GLOVE,  ii,  4aabb,  9 :  A  mariner's  daughter, 
about  to  be  married  to  a  young  squire  of  London,  feigns  ill- 
ness, goes  a-hunting  on  the  estate"  of  her  favored  lover,  a 
farmer,  intentionally  drops  her  glove,  and  vows  she  will 
marry  only  the  man  who  can  return  it.  Of  course,  the  farmer 
is  the  lucky  finder. 

SHEARFIELD,  3abcb,  15 :  An  apprentice  in  Sheffield  re- 
cites his  running  away  to  London,  where  he  enters  the  service 
of  an  Irish  Lady,  who  falls  in  love  with  him.  He,  however, 
cares  only  for  Polly  Girl,  her  maid.  His  jealous  mistress,  by 
a  stratagem,  causes  him  to  be  hanged  for  theft. 

FAIR  NOTAMON  [NOTTINGHAM]  TOWN,  4aabb,  7:  An 
absurd  recital,  full  of  obvious  contradictions,  of  a  country- 
man's visit  to  the  city,  where  he  sees  the  royal  progress: 

I  called  for  a  quart  to  drive  gladness  away 

To  stifle  the  dust — it  had  rained  the  whole  day. 

LOVELY  CAROLINE  OF  OLD  EDINBORO  (EDDINGSBURG 
TOWN),  ii,  Sabcb.,  9:  She  weds  young  Henry,  "a  Highland 
man,"  and  goes  with  him  to  London.  Deserted  by  him,  she 
wanders'  forlorn  to  a  sea-cliff  and  plunges  in,  to  drown. 

WHO'LL  BE  KING  BUT  CHARLIE?,  metre  as  below,  3 :  A 
rally-song  upon  the  landing  of  Charles  Stuart,  The  Young 
Pretender,  at  Moidart,  in  Inverness-shire,  July,  1745,  be- 
ginning : 

There's  news  from  Mordart  came  yestreen, 

Will  soon  yastremony  (sic)  ferly, 
For  ships  o'er  all  have  just  come  in 

And  landed  royal  Charlie. 

(Published  by  Shearin,  Sewanee  Review,  July,  1911, 
p.  323.) 

CUBECK'S  [CUPID'S]  GARDEN,  3abcb,  16:  The  poet 
overhears  a  lady  and  her  father's  apprentice  a-courting  in 
"Cubeck's  Garden."  The  angry  parent  banishes  the  lad,  who 
goes  to  sea,  is  promoted,  draws  forty  thousand  pounds  in  a 
lottery,  returns  and  marries  his  fair  love. 

WILLIAM  HALL,  ii,  4abcb,  llca:    He  is  a  young  farmer 


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of  "Domesse-town"  and  loves  a  "gay  young  lady"  of  "Per- 
shelvy-town"  against  her  parents'  wishes.  Banished  by  them 
to  sea,  he  returns,  finds  by  a  ruse  that  the  lady  is  yet  faith- 
ful, and  marries  her. 

ROSANNA,  4aabb,  6ca  (fragmentary)  :  Silimentary,  the 
lover,  bids  Rosanna  farewell,  and  is  later  lost  at  sea;  at  the 
news  she  stabs  herself  with  a  silver  dagger. 

MARY  OF  THE  WILD  MOOR,  3ab4c3b,  8:  She,  with  her 
babe,  returns  one  winter  night  to  her  father's  door  to  seek 
forgiveness  and  protection,  is  rebuffed  by  him,  and  perishes 
in  the  snow. 

BETSY  BROWN,  4aabb,  8:  John  loves  Betsy,  the  wait- 
ing-maid; his  old  mother  objects  and  packs  her  off  across  the 
sea.  He  dies  of  grief. 

THE  EOMISH  LADY,  Gaabb  (or  3abcb),  12  (or  24): 
"Brought  up  in  popery,"  she  obtains  a  Bible  and  turns  Prot- 
estant, is  tried  before  the  Pope,  is  condemned,  bids  farewell 
to  mother,  father,  and  tormentors,  and  is  burned  at  the  stake. 

III. 

The  songs  of  this  group  are  connected  more  or  less 
closely  ivith  American  colonial  times.  For  most  of  them  it 
is  fair  to  infer  a  British  origin. 

[To  AMERICA],  ii,  4aabb,  8ca:  An  [English]  sailor, 
bound  for  America  to  serve  his  King,  is  forgotten  by  his 
sweetheart.  Returning  to  her  father's  hall,  he  finds  her  mar- 
ried, and  vows  to  return  to  Oharlestown,  where  cannon-balls 
are  flying. 

THE  SILK  MERCHANT'S  DAUGHTER,  2aa,  17:  A  Lon- 
don lad  and  his  sweetheart  set  sail  for  America.  The  ship 
springs  a  leak,  the  passengers  drift  in  a  long-boat.  Lot  falls 
to  the  girl  to  be  slain,  her  lover  takes  her  place.  A  passing 
ship  carries  them  back  to  London,  and  they  are  married. 

THE  PRETTY  MOHEE  (MAUMEE),  iii,  4aabb^,7:  An  In- 
dian maid  falls  in  love  with  a  young  adventurer  and  wooes 
him.  He  tells  her  he  must  return  to  his  love  across  the  sea. 
This  he  does,  but  dissatisfied  returns  to  the  "pretty  Mohee." 


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SWEET  JANE.  4a3b4c3b,  13:  Her  lover  sails  for  Amer- 
ica "to  dig  the  golden  ore,"  "loads  up"  his  trunk  with  it,  and 
after  many  trials  reaches  home,  across  the  main,  and  re- 
claims his  bride. 

IV. 

The  songs  of  this  group  find  their  common  bond  in  their 
reference  to  Ireland,  where  some  of  them  undoubtedly  had 
their  origin. 

IRISH  MOLLY  0;  Gaabb  and  6aabb(  ?),  7 :  A  Scotch  laddie, 
MacDonald,  falls  in  love  with  "Irish  Molly."  Scorned  by 
her  parents,  he  wanders  about,  signifying  his  intention  to 
die  for  her,  and  suggests  an  appropriate  inscription  for  his 
tombstone.  (See  an  Old  World  variant  in  Brooke  and 
Rolleston's  Treasury  of  Irish  Poetry,  p.  15,  Macmillan, 
1905.) 

WILLIAM  RILEY,  Gaabb,  7:  Eloping  with  Polly  Ann, 
he  is  brought  back  to  trial  by  her  irate  father,  is  defended  by 
an  aged  lawyer,  is  transported,  and  departs  wearing  the  maid- 
en's ring.  (See  an  Old  World  variant  in  the  volume  just 
named,  p.  6.) 

ROVING  IRISH  BOY,  4a3b4c3b,  12:  He  lands  in  Phila- 
delphia and  "makes  a  hit"  with  the  ladies.  Then  he  visits 
"other  parts" — among  the  Dutch  of  Bucks  County,  he  meets 
an  inn-keeper's  daughter,  and  leaves  off  rambling. 

THE  WAXFORD  GIRL,  4a3b4c3b,  6 :  A  youth  murders 
his  sweetheart  and  throws  her  into  a  stream.  He  tells  his 
mother,  who  sees  the  blood  on  his  clothes,  that  his  nose  has 
been  bleeding.  He  is  haunted  by  the  ghost  of  the  dead  girl 
(Of.  Lizzie  Wan,  Child,  No.  51,  and  Miller-boy,  page  28.) 

PATTY  ON  THE  CANAL,  3abcb  and  3abcb,  9 :  Pat  lands 
in  "Sweet  Philadelphy"  and  soon  "makes  himself  handy"  on 
the  canal,  likewise  among  the  girls,  whose  mothers  become 
anxious.  He  is  a  "Jackson  man  up  to  the  handle." 

MOLLY,  Gaabb.  4 :  An  Irish  lad  comes  to  America,  courts 
Molly,  but  against  her  parents'  will.  He  goes  to  serve  a  for- 
eign king  for  seven  years,  returns,  and  finds  that  Molly  has 
died  of  grief. 


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JOHNNIE  CAME  FROM  SEA,  6aa,  10:  Irish  Johnnie  es- 
capes a  shipwreck  and  lands  in  America.  Thinking  him  pen- 
niless, a  landlord  refuses  him  his  daughter's  hand.  Johnnie 
"draws  out  handfuls  of  gold"  and  departs,  to  drink  "good 
brandy." 

IRISH  GIRL,  a  fragment,  as  follows: 

So  costly  were  the  robes  of  silk 
The  Irish  girl  did  wear — 
Her  hair  was  as  black  as  a  raven, 
Her  eyes  were  black  as  a  crow, 
Her  cheeks  were  ,red  as  roses 
That  in  the  garden  grow. 

V. 

The  songs  of  this  group  are  based  upon  incidents  or 
events  of  the  Civil  War. 

BOUNTY  JUMPERS,  3abcb,  9:  Sam  Downey,  a  soldier, 
"jumps  his  bounty,"  and  is  apprehended  in  Baltimore.  Re- 
fusing to  return  the  money,  he  is  shot  by  the  military  au- 
thorities. 

HIRAM  HUBBERT,  3abcb,  9:  Hiram  Hubbert  is  taken 
by  the  Rebels  in  the  guerrilla  warfare  in  the  Cumberland 
Mountains,  tried,  tied  to  a  tree  and  shot.  He  leaves  a  last 
letter  of  farewell  to  his  family. 

THE  GUERRILLA  MAN,  3a3b4c3b,  5 :  A  Southern  soldier 
goes  to  Shelby  County,  Ky.,  and  falls  in  love  with  a  "Rebel 
girl,"  who  loves  him  in  spite  of  the  opposition  of  her  mother, 
and  determines  to  follow  him. 

MURFREESBORO,  4a3b4c3b,  7:  A  Union  soldier  lies  dy- 
ing on  the  battlefield.  He  sends  to  his  mother  and  sweet- 
heart a  message  recounting  his  bravery. 

BATTLE  OF  GETTYSBURG  (THE  Two  SOLDIERS),  ii, 
4a3b4c3b,  13:  Two  comrades  promise  each  other  to  bear 
messages,  in  the  event  of  death  to  either  of  them  on  the  field 
—one  to  a  sweetheart,  the  other  to  a  mother. 

THE    BLUE    AND    THE    GRAY,    4a3b4c3b4d3e4f4e    and 


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4a3b4c3b3e4f 3e,  2 :  A  mother  has  lost  two  sons  in  gray,  at 
Appomattox  and  at  Chickamauga.  Her  third  has  just  died 
in  blue  at  Santiago. 

ZOLLICOFFER:    A  fragment  as  follows: 

Old  Zollicoffer's  dead,  and  the  last  word  he  said 

Was.  "I'm  going  back  South ;  they're  a-gaining." 

If  he  wants  to  save  his  soul,  he  had  better  keep  his  hole, 
Or  we'll  land  him  in  the  happy  land  of  Canaan. 

I'M  GOING  TO  JOIN  THE  ARMY,  3abcb,  12 :  A  volun- 
teer's farewell  to  his  sweetheart  as  he  leaves  for  Pensacola, 
her  fears,  and  his  promise  to  return. 

[COME  ALL  YE  SOUTHERN  SOLDIERS],  3abcb,  8:  A 
volunteer,  aged  sixteen,  from  Eastern  Tennessee,  describes 
the  march  into  Virginia  and  his  feelings  at  his  first  sight  of 
the  "Yankees." 

VI. 

The  songs  of  this  group  relate  to  the  days  of  pioneer 
migration  Westward.  The  one  exception  is  The  Sailor's  Re- 
quest, placed  here  in  order  to  bring  it  into  proximity  with  its 
later  variant,  The  Dying  Cowboy. 

ARKANSAS  TRAVELLER  (SANTFORD  BARNES V  ii,  4a3b- 
4c3b,  14ca:  A  laborer's  humorous  recital  of  his  hard  expe- 
riences in  Arkansas.  He  leaves  the  state,  vowing  that  if  he 
sees  it  again  it  will  be  "through  a  telescope  from  hell  to  Ar- 
kansaw." 

STARVING  TO  DEATH  ON  A  GOVERNMENT  CLAIM,  4aa  an,d 
4aabb,  20 :  "Ernest  Smith"  recites  humorously  his  hard  ex- 
periences as  claim-holder  in  Beaver  County,  Oklahoma.  He 
resolves  to  go  to  Kansas,  marry,  and  "life  on  corn-dodgers 
the  rest  of  his  life." 

THE  DYING  COWBOY,  ii,  4abcb  and  4abcb,  6:  A  cow- 
boy, shot  while  gambling,  laments  his  career  and  fate,  gives 
warning  to  his  comrades,  sends  a  farewell  to  his  family  and 
sweetheart,  and  gives  directions  for  his  funeral. 

THE  LONE  PRAIRIE,  4aabb,  10:     A   dying   cowboy   re- 


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quests  that  he  be  buried  not  on  the  lone  prairie,  but  at  home 
beneath  the  cotton-wood  boughs,  near  his  mother.  His  com- 
rades ignore  his  petition.  (Cf.  The  Sailor's  Request.) 

THE  SAILOR'S  REQUEST,  4aabb,  9 :  A  dying  sailor  re- 
quests that  he  be  buried  not  at  sea,  but  at  home  in  the 
churchyard,  near  his  father.  His  comrades  ignore  his  peti- 
tion. (Cf.  The  Lone  Prairie.) 

CALIFORNIA  JOE,  Sabcb,  17:  A  prospector  during  the 
California  gold-fever,  in  1850,  saves  a  girl  of  thirteen  years 
from  Indians,  and  gives  her  over  to  her  uncle,  Mat  Jack  Rey- 
nolds. Later,  she  almost  shoots,  by  accident,  her  saviour, 
thinking  him  a  Sioux. 

POLLY,  MY  CHARMER,  4aa,  9:  An  adventurous  youth, 
on  the  point  of  going  West,  is  detained  by  the  charms  of 
"Polly."  He  wishes  he  were  like  Joshua,  in  order  to  prolong 
his  moments  with  his  love,  by  making  the  sun  stand  still. 

JESSE  JAMES,  2aa3b2cc3b  and  2aa3b2cc3b,  4:  A  lyric 
concerning  the  robbing  of  "the  Danville  train"  and  "the 
Xorthfield  raid";  the  escape  of  Jesse  and  Frank  James  to 
the  West,  and  Jesse's  death  at  the  hand  of  "Bob  Ford." 

HANDSOME  FLORA,  Sabcbdefe,  6:  Her  lover,  in  prison 
for  stabbing  his  rival,  tells  his  3ret  constant  devotion  to  the 
"Lily  of  the  West/'  the  "girl  from  Mexico." 

VII. 

The  songs  of  this  group  are  of  the  "good-night"  type, 
being  the  meditations  or  confessions  of  criminals,  while  in 
prison  and,  usually,  under  sentence  of  death. 

MACAFEE'S  CONFESSION  (BETTY  STOUT), ii,  4aabb,  17ca: 
Orphaned  at  five  years  of  age  and  reared  by  his  uncle,  Mac- 
Afee  becomes  wayward;  later  he  marries,  but  falls  in  love 
with  Betty  Stout,  poisons  his  wife,  and  speaks  this  confession 
under  sentence  of  death. 

BEAUCHAMP'S  CONFESSION,  4aabb,  7 :  Under  sentence 
of  death  by  Judge  Davidge,  for  the  murder  of  Sharpe  (see 
VIII,  end),  Beauchamp  pictures  the  meeting  of  himself  and 
his  victim  in  hell. 


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JACK  COMBS'S  DEATH  SONG,  ii,  4abcb  and  4abcb,  3: 
Jack  Combs,  dying,  tells  of  his  murder  by  an  unknown  man, 
and  gives  directions  for  his  burial  rites.  (Based  upon  The 
Dying  Cowboy,  page  15.) 

TOM  SMITH'S  DEATH  SONG,  ii,  3a(ftts)4b3c  and  3a(2n's) 
4b3c,  2 :  The  condemned  man,  standing  on  the  scaffold,  asks 
his  friends  not  to  lament  his  death,  since  he  is  leaving  them 
in  peace  on  earth. 

THE  EICH  AND  EAMBLING  BOY,  iii,  4aabb,  8ca:  He 
marries  a  wife  whose  "maintenance''  is  so  great  that  he  is 
compelled  to  "rob  on  the  broad  highway."  He  is  sent  to 
Frankfort  [Ky.]  prison,  but  in  this  song  he  pictures  his 
pardon  and  return  home. 

[!N  ROWAN  COUNTY  JAIL],  3abcb,  6:  While  here 
awaiting  trial  for  robbery,  the  prisoner  is  visited  by  his 
sweetheart  Lula,  with  "ten  dollars  in  each  hand,"  to  "go 
on  his  bail." 

LAST  XIGHT  AS  I  LAY  SLEEPING,  3abob,  6 :  A  prisoner 
in  the  Knoxville  [Tenn.]  jail  dreams  of  his  home  and  sweet- 
heart, but  is  rudely  awakened  by  the  turnkey  to  hear  his 
death-sentence  passed. 

EDWARD  HAWKINS,  4abcb,  9ca:  Under  sentence  of 
death  for  murder,  he  warns  his  comrades  by  his  example, 
welcomes  death  bravety,  and  invites  them  to  see  his  execu- 
tion twenty-eight  days  hence. 

EOWDY  BOYS,  metre  as  below,  5 :  A  "rowdy"  youth 
scorns  his  mother's  warning,  serves  a  term  in  the  Frankfort 
State  Prison  for  homicide,  and  comes  back  home  still  a 
"rowdy."  The  first  stanza  is: 

I  heard  my  mother  talking;  I  took  it  all  for  fun. 
She  said  I  would  ride  the  Frankfort  train,  before  I  was 
twenty-one. 


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VIII. 

The  songs  of  this  group  are  epic:  rather  than  lyric  as 
are  those  in  VII,  above.  They  are  recitals  of  local  tragedies 
— murders,  assassinations,  feudal  battles,  and  disasters. 

THE  CAUSE  AND  KILLING  OF  JESSE  ADAMS,  ii,  3abcb, 
25:  A  detailed  recital  of  a  domestic  tragedy  on  the  Brushy 
Fork  of  Elaine :  Adams,  overhearing  his  wife  and  her  para- 
mour, shoots  her  and  attempts  suicide. 

FLOYD  FRAZIER.  3abcb,  16 :  A  recital  of  Frazier's  mur- 
der of  Ellen  Flannery:  he  hides  her  body  under  a  pile  of 
stones;  later,  is  arrested,  makes  confession,  and  is  placed  in 
Pineville,  Ky.,  jail  to  await  execution. 

TALT  HALL,  ii,  3abcb.  8 :  A  recital  of  Hall's  murder  of 
Frank  Salvers,  his  arrest  in  Tennessee,  his  confinement  in 
the  Gladeville,  Va.,  jail,  and  his  execution  in  Bichmond,  Va. 

WILLIAM  BAKER,  Sabcb,  12:  A  recital  of  Baker's  mur- 
der of  one  Prewitt  in  Clay  County,  Ky. :  he  hides  the  body 
in  the  woods  and  tells  Prewitt's  wife  that  her  husband  had 
deserted  her. 

POOR  GOENS,  4aabb,  5:  A  recital  of  the  betrayal  and 
murder  of  Goens  for  the  purpose  of  robbery,  on  Black-spur 
Mountain. 

THE  ROWAN  COUNTY  TRAGEDY,  ii,  Sabcb,  26:  A  de- 
tailed account  of  a  feudal  battle  in  Morehead,  Ky.,  on  elec- 
tion day,  and  of  the  succeeding  events  connected  with,  the 
arrest  of  the  participants. 

JOHN  T.  PARKF.R,  4aabb,  12 :  An  account  of  the  drown- 
ing of  Parker  in  the  Kentucky  River  one  winter  night,  as, 
with  three  companions,  he  essays  to  cross,  but  their  boat  is 
capsized  in  the  wash  from  the  steamboat  Blue  Wings. 

[JEEMS  BRAGGS],  4a3b4c3b,  8:  A  protest  against  the 
Governor's  pardon  of  Braggs,  upon  the  eve  of  his  execution, 
for  the  murder  of  one  Prewitt. 

THE  ASSASSINATION  OF  J.  B.  MARCUM,  3aa6b3cc6b  and 
T>aa6b3cc6b,  13:  A  detailed  recital  of  the  shooting  of  Mar- 
cum  as  he  stood  in  the  court-house  door  at  Jackson,  Ky.,  with 


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animadversions  upon  the  identity  of  his  slayers  and  an 
account  of  their  various  trials. 

THE  IRISH  PEDDLER,  4a3b4c3b,  7:  An  account  of  the 
murder  of  an  old  peddler  and  his  wife,  shot  from  ambush  one 
June  morning  for  the  purpose  of  rifling  their  wagon. 

JOHN  HARDY,  iii,  4a3b4c3b,  6 :  An  account  of  Hardy's 
shooting  a  man  in  a  poker  game,  of  his  arrest,  trial,  convic- 
tion, conversion  and  baptism,  and  of  his  execution  and  burial 
on  the  Tug  River. 

JEREBOAM  BEAUCHAMP,  3abcb,  33:  A  recital  of  the 
murder  of  Beauchamp  done  upon  Solomon  P.  Sharpe,  Attor- 
ney-General of  Kentucky,  at  Frankfort  in  the  winter  of  1824. 
(Cf.  William  Gilmore  S  hums'  novel  of  the  same  name,  and 
see  VII,  2.) 

IX. 

The  songs  of  this  group  relate-  to  various  occupational 
pursuits.  Of  course,  many  of  those  listed  elsewhere  could  be 
placed  here  also. 

THE  MOONSHINER,  4aa,  3:  "For  seventeen  years  I've 
made  moonshine  whiskey  for  one  dollar  per  gallon,  at  my 
still  in  a  dark  hollow.  I  wish  all  would  attend  to  their  busi- 
ness and  leave  me  to  mine.  God  bless  the  moonshiner  I" 

WALKING-BOSS,  metre  as  below,  3:  A  teamster's  song 
in  couplets,  with  refrain,  beginning: 

Get  up  in  the  morning  'way  before  day, 
Feed  old  Beck  some  corn  and  hay. 
Get  up  in  the  morning  soon,  soon; 
Get  up  in  the  morning  soon. 

THE  STEEL-DRIVER,  ii,  4a3b4c3b,  11 :  John  Henry,  proud 
of  his  skill  with  sledge  and  hand-drill,  competes  with  a  mod- 
ern steam-drill  in  Tunnel  No.  Nine,  on  the  Chesapeake  & 
Ohio  Eailroad.  Defeated,  he  dies,  asking  to  be  buried  with 
his  tools  at  his  breast. 

EOSIN  THE  Bow,  3abcb,  4:  A  lyric  of  an  old  fiddler 
buoyant  even  in  the  face  of  approaching  death:  he  asks  for 
wine  and  women  at  his  funeral  rites. 


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ROSIN  THE  Bow :   a  fragment  as  follows : 

I'll  tune  up  my  fiddle,  I'll  rosin  my  bow, 
And  make  myself  welcome  wherever  I  go. 

THE  OLD  SHOEMAKER,  4a3b4c3b  and  4a3b4c3b,  4: 
Lately  become  a  freeman,  with  five  pounds  laid  up,  and  half 
a  side  of  leather,  he  sings  of  Kate,  the  woman  to  make  his 
content  complete. 

THE  FARMER'S  BOY.,  ii,  4a3b4c3b,  9 :  An  orphan  lad,  he 
obtains  employment  from  the  farmer,  later  to  marry  his 
daughter  and  inherit  thus  the  farm. 

OLD  GRAY,  6aabb,  5:  Song  of  a  teamster,  who,  lured 
by  the  still-house,  hauls  four  loads  of  coal  per  day,  instead 
of  six;  becoming  drunk,  he  rides  Old  Gray  off  to  a  country 
frolic  one  night,  whither  his  father  follows  him,  and  brings 
him  back  to  his  duty  in  the  morning. 

THE  WAGGONER'S  LAD,  ii,  2abcb  (or  4aa),  15:  A  com- 
plaint, arranged  as  a  debat,  of  a  lorn  and  loving  lass  against 
the  teamster  lad,  as  he  departs  from  her. 

OLD  NUMBER  FOUR  (THE  F.  F.  V.,  STOCKYARD  GATE), 
ii,  Gaabb.  lOca:  George  Allen,  engineer,  stays  at  the  throttle 
as  train  Number  Four  on  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio  Railroad 
plunges  into  a  fallen  boulder  near  Hinton,  W.  Va.,  and  bids 
his  fireman  jump  to  safety,  while  he  himself  dies  a  hero's 
death. 

[RAILROAD  BOY],  4a3b4c3b  and  4a3b4c3b,  5:  A 
maiden's  song  in  scorn  of  all  men  save  the  railroad  conductor, 
with  his  striped  shirt,  handsome  face,  and  diamond  ring. 

THE  OLD  MILLER,  4aabb,  7:  Dying,  he  questions  his 
sons  in  order  to  choose  one  of  them  as  his  successor  in  the 
mill.  Dick  will  take  a  peck  as  toll  from  each  bushel;  Ralph 
will  take  half;  Paul  will  take  all.  But  his  wife  assumes  di- 
rection at  his  death. 

LYNCHBDRG  TOWN,  4a3b4c3b,  3:  A  teamster's  song  as 
he  takes  his  tobacco  to  the  Lynchburg  (Va.)  market. 


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X. 

The  songs  of  this  group  are  of  partisan  or  sectional 
character. 

KAINTUCKY  BOYS,  4abab  and  4ab,  5.  A  debat  between 
a  Virginia  lad  and  the  Kentucky  maiden  whom  he  comes  to 
woo.  She  scorns  lands  and  money,  and  lauds  the  superior 
manliness  of  the  Kentucky  lads. 

BUCKSKIN  BOYS,  4abab,  9:  The  above  adapted  to  the 
praises  of  the  "boys"  of  Owsley  County  (Ky.). 

GOEBEL  AND  TAYLOR,  4a3b4c3d,  3  :  Composed  soon  after 
the  assassination  of  Wm.  Goebel,  the  Democratic  contestant 
for  the  Governorship  of  Kentucky  in  1900:  He  is  lauded, 
while  Taylor,  his  opponent,  is  condemned  as  a  demagogue 
and  conspirator,  who  "ought  to  be  in  purgatory  or  some  other 
unhealthy  spot." 

JAMES  A.  GARFIELD:    A  fragment,  as  follows: 

Mr.  James  A.  Garfield  is  dead, 
Oh,  Mr.  James  A.  Garfield  is  dead. 
I  will  weep  like  a  willow, 
And  I'll  mourn  like  a  dove; 
Mr.  James  A.  Garfield  is  dead. 

XI. 

Here  are  grouped  songs  whose  main  theme  is  love,  sub- 
divided as  below.  Many  are  hardly  "popular"  in  the  strict 
sense:  though  current  among  the  folk,  they  differ  from  the 
true  folk-song,  or  "song-ballet"  On  the  other  hand,  many 
bear  a  striking  resemblance  to  certain  of  those  listed  in  I  and 
11,  above. 

1.    SONGS  OF  CONSTANT  LOVE. 

AVONIA  (RED  RIVER  VALLEY ) ,  ii,  4a3b4c3b  and  4a3b4c3b 
4 :  A  constant  lover's  song  of  farewell  to  Helen,  as  she  leaves 
the  vale  of  Avonia. 

BARNEY  AND  KATE,  4abab,  6:  Barney,  maudlin  with 
drink,  comes  one  winter's  night  to  Kate's  window  and  im- 


plores  her  to  admit  him.     She  sends  him  packing.    He  goes 
away  whistling,  rejoicing  in  her  chastity. 

KITTY  WELLS,  4ababcdcd  and  3abab,  3.  Her  lover's  la- 
ment upon  her  death.  The  refrain  is: 

•"While  the  birds  they  were  singing  in  the  morning, 
And  the  ivy  and  the  myrtle  were  in  bloom, 

The  sun  on  the  hill-top  was  dawning, 
It  was  then  we  laid  her  in  the  tomb. 

NORA  O'NEIL,  4a3b4a3b,  5:  Her  lover's  invitation  to 
Nora  to  meet  him  "at  the  foot  of  the  lane"  when  the  night- 
ingale sings  in  the  dusk. 

SWEET  BIRDS,  ii,  4a3b4a3b  and  5aa,  6 :  A  maiden's  song 
of  longing  for  her  absent  lover:  she  asks  the  birds  to  bear 
her  message  of  devotion  to  him  and  to  bring  him  back  secure 
in  his  affection  for  her. 

[CONSTANT  JOHNNY],  4aa,  14:  A  maiden  sings  her  de- 
votion to  her  absent  sailor  lover.  He  returns  and  they  are 
married. 

LORLA,  4aabb,  2 :  A  lover's  elegy  over  the  grave  of 
Lorla  beneath  the  elm,  as  he  recalls  the  golden  willow  under 
which  they  once  sat  on  violet  banks. 

LONESOME  DOVE,  4a3b4c3b,  5 :  A  constant  husband  sings 
his  resolve  to  return  like  a  lonesome  dove  to  his  wife  and 
children  in  "Californy.'' 

LONESOME  DOVE,  4aabb,  8 :  The  singing  of  a  dove  be- 
reft of  its  mate  reminds  a  constant  husband  of  his  Mary, 
recently  dead  of  consumption. 

PRETTY  SABO.  iii,  4aabb  and  4aabb,  6ca :  Her  absent  lover 
sings  of  his  devotion,  wishing  he  were  a  priest  and  knew  how 
to  write  to  her,  or  a  dove  to  fly  to  her. 

COME,  ALL  YE  JOLLY  BOATSMAN  BOYS,  7aabb,  5:  A 
ribald  song  of  a  sailor  to  his  amorata  by  night,  and  the  birth 
of  the  child  nine  months  later. 

A  PACKAGE  OF  OLD  LETTERS,  ii,  8aa,  11:  A  dying 
maiden  bids  her  sister  bring  them  from  their  rosewood  casket 
to  read  them  to  her  again,  and  asks  that  at  her  death  they 
be  buried  with  her. 


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JACK  AND  MAMIE,  Gaabb  and  4aaa3a,  4:  Jack  plunges 
into  the  water  to  recover  the  hat  of  his  girl  sweetheart,  Mamie. 
Jack,  the  man,  leaves  her  for  a  long  voyage,  and  his  ship 
never  returned. 

SWEET  SUMMER  EVENING,  4abcb,  7 :  The  poet  one  sum- 
mer evening  overhears  a  mother  chide  her  daughter  for  her 
devotion  to  her  roving  sailor  lover,  who  soons  appears  and 
bids  her  an  affectionate  farewell. 

WAIT  FOE  THE  WAGON,  3abcbdefe  and  4&(ter),  4:  A 
lover's  call  to  Phyllis  to  jump  into  the  wagon  with  him  a- 
Sunday  morning;  he  tells  her  of  the  cabin  he  has  built  for 
her,  and  wooes  her  to  marry  him. 

LOVELY  NANCY,  4abcb,  5 :  A  dialogue,  in  quatrains,  be- 
tween Nancy  and  her  lover,  whom  she  wishes  to  accompany 
on  his  voyage  to  the  West  Indies. 

NANCY  TILL,  4aabb  and  4aabb,  4 :  A  serenade  by  her 
lover  "down  in  the  canebrakes  close  by  the  mill,"  urging  her 
to  be  ready  to  go  with  him  "a-sailing  on  the  Ohio." 

[EPHRIAM  AND  LUCY],  4a3b4c3b  and  4a3b4c3b,  4:  The 
night  before  their  weddinof-day,  amid  night-hawks,  owls,  and 
whippoorwills,  "we  danced  by  the  light  of  the  moon." 

2.    SONGS  OF  LOVE  INCONSTANT. 

[SHE  WAS  HAPPY  TILL  SHE  MET  You],  4aa5b4cc5b4dd- 
5e4f f 5e  and  4ababcc5b,  2 :  A  husband  forsakes  his  wife ;  later, 
becoming  repentant,  he  returns  to  seek  her  at  the  house  of 
her  mother,  who  forbids  him  access  to  her. 

[BEDROOM  WINDOW],  4abcb,  5 :  The  lover  by  night  calls 
his  sweetheart  to  awake.  She  warns  him  away,  saying  that 
her  father  is  armed  to  repulse  his  presence.  He  vows  to  have 
her  for  his  own.  A  suggestion  of  his  sinister  motive  closes 
the  song. 

I'LL  HANG  MY  HARP  ON  A  WILLOW  TREE,  ii,  4a3b4a3b- 
4c3d4c3d,  3 :  A  lover  voices  his  resolve  to  forsake  the  charms 
of  his  fickle  mistress  to  court  a  warrior's  fate  at  the  Saracen's 
hand  on  the  field  of  Palestine. 

THERE  WAS  A  RICH  OLD  FARMER,  ii,  3abcb,  9ca:    The 


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singer  recites  his  farewell  to  father  and  sweetheart  to  seek 
his  fortune,  and  his  faith  in  her — until  a  letter  arrives  telling 
of  her  marriage  to  another  man. 

JACK  AND  JOE,  4a3b4b3c  and  4a3b4ib3c,  3ca:  Both  are 
sailors,  away  from  home.  Jack,  returning  first,  is  commis- 
sioned by  Joe  to  kiss  his  sweetheart  Nellie  for  him.  When 
Joe  returns,  like  Miles  Standish,  he  finds  that  Jack  and  she 
are  married. 

ALL  ON  THE  BANKS  OF  CLAUDA,  3abcb,  10 :  By  this 
stream  the  poet  overhears  a  maiden's  complaint  against  her 
fickle  Johnny.  Like  Oenone,  she  prays  the  mountain  to  hear 
her,  and  implores  Cupid  to  fire  his  heart  anew. 

THE  AUXVILLE  LOVE,  4aabb,  6 :  A  merchant's  daughter, 
"in  Auxville  town  or  Delaware,"  love-lorn,  gathers  flowers, 
Ophelia-like,  and  dies  under  a  green  pine  on  the  mountain. 

CUCKOO,  ii,  4aabb,  5ca:  A  love-lorn  maiden's  warning 
to  her  sex  not  to  be  deceived,  as  she,  by  false  men  in  spring- 
time when  the  cuckoo  calls. 

WE  HAVE  MET  AND  WE  HAVE  PARTED,  ii,  4abcb  and 
4abcb,  5ca:  A  maiden's  scornful  farewell  to  her  fickle  lover, 
as  she  returns  him  the  presents  and  letters  he  has  sent  her. 

IP  I  HAD  MINDED  MAMMA,  3abcb  and  3abcb,  6:  A 
maiden's  regret  that  she  has  been  deluded  by  a  faithless  lover : 

He  is  like  the  blue-birds  ever 

That  flies  from  tree  to  tree; 
And  when  he  sees  another  girl 

He  never  thinks  of  me. 

I  USED  TO  LOVE,  4abob  and  4abcb,  4:  A  maiden  voices 
her  complaint  against  the  "dark-eyed  girl,"  her  successful 
rival,  and  her  wish  for  "coffin,  shroud,  and  grave,"  to  end 
her  woe. 

THE  BUTCHER'S  BOY.  iii,  4aabb,  8ca :  A  maiden  voices 
her  complaint  against  the  New  York  butcher's  boy,  once  her 
childhood  playmate  and  lover,  who  now  has  forsaken  her  for 
a  wealthier  girl ;  then  goes  upstairs  and  hangs  herself,  leaving 
a  note  pinned  on  her  breast. 

THE  PALE  AMARANTHUS,  4aabb,  5:     A  maiden's  com- 


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plaint  against  her  faithless  lover,  whom  she  vows  to  forget. 

I  HAVE  FINISHED  HIM  A  LETTER,  4abcb  and  4abcb,  7: 
A  maiden's  complaint  against  her  lover,  who  has  forsaken  her 
for  Annie  Lee. 

CAN  You  THEN  LOVE  ANOTHER?,  ii,  Sabcbdefe  and 
Sabcb,  3:  A  lorn  maiden's  plaint: 

Say,  must  I  be  forgotten, 

Cast  like  a  flower  aside? 
Have  I  from  memory  faded, 

Once  all  your  joy  and  pride? 

To  CHEER  THE  HEA.RT,  ii,  Sabcbdefe  and  Sabcbdede,  4: 
A  maiden's  complaint  against  her  faithless  lover.  He  is  the 
son  of  a  "rich  merchant/'  she,  the  daughter  of  a  "laboring 
man."  "But  why  need  I  care?  For  I  have  another  man." 

A  POOR  STRANGE  GIRL,  4aaibb,  7:  The  poet  one  May 
morning  overhears  a  damsel  complaining  against  her  faith- 
less lover,  and  against  her  loss  of  friends  and  home. 

PRETTY  POLLY,  4aabb,  5 :  A  lover  recites  his  visit  one 
evening  to  her  home,  where  he  sees  his  rivals  enjoying  her 
company.  He  retires  to  a  grove,  sucks  comfort  from  his 
whiskey  bottle,  and  wishes  that  she  were  drowned,  floating 
on  the  tide,  that  he,  like  a  fisherman,  might  draw  her  in  his 
net  to  shore. 

HANG  DOWN  YOUR  HEAD  AND  CRY,  4aabb,  2 :  A  frag- 
ment (two  quatrains),  apparently  a  complaint  of  a  lover  to 
his  faithless  sweetheart. 

THE  DYING  GIRL'S  MESSAGE,  ii,  4abcb,  15 :  Her  death- 
song  to  her  mother,  breathing  forgiveness  for  her  faithless 
lover,  and  closing  with  a  vision  of  Christ  waiting  to  receive 
her. 

A  second  version  contains  only  an  elaboration  of  this 
last  motif. 

THE  COLD,  DARK  SCENES  OF  WINTER,  Sabcb,  9 :  In  the 
winter  the  lover  wooes  his  fair,  but  is  rejected.  In  the  spring, 
her  TEind  changing,  she  writes  him  of  her  love  for  him.  He 
replies  that  meanwhile  his  heart  has  changed  in  turn  and 
that  he  is  already  married  to  another. 


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LOVING  BANNER,  3abcb,  9:  The  lover  sings  his  devo- 
tion to  her,  but  in  the  face  of  her  coolness  and  her  parents' 
opposition,  vows  to  go  on  a  long  voyage  to  try  to  forget  her — 
but  in  vain. 

MY  BONNIE  LITTLE  GIBL,  4a3b4c3b,  4:  Courting  her 
too  slow,  the  singer  finds  his  sweetheart  has  fled  with  an- 
other man. 

LOVELY  NANCY,  ii,  4aabb,  5ca:  A  bachelor's  warning 
against  "courting  too  slow":  Sweet  William  goes  on  a  voy- 
age; meanwhile  Nancy,  his  sweetheart,  writes  him  of  her 
marriage  to  another.  William  dies  of  grief  and  Nancy,  of 
remorse. 

I'M  SCORNED  FOR  BEING  POOR  (VAIN  GIRL),  3abcb,  8: 
A  lover's  farewell  to  his  sweetheart,  who  has  forsaken  him 
to  be  married  to  a  wealthy  stranger  from  New  England. 

LITTLE  NELLIE,  4a3b4c3b.  8:  She  forsakes  her  lover, 
the  singer,  to  marry  wicked,  wealthy  Mr.  Brown,  who  is  a 
drunkard — and  dies  of  a  broken  heart. 

THE  SQUIRE,  2abcb,  10:  The  wealthy  young  squire, 
being  rejected  in  love  by  pretty  Sally,  vows  to  dance  on  her 
grave  when  she  dies. 

LITTLE  SPARROW  (A  REGRET),  ii,  4abcb,  5ca:  A  com- 
plaint of  a  love-lorn  maiden  warning  her  kind  against  the 
faithlessness  of  all  men. 

THE  AWFUL  WEDDING,  4abcb,  7 :  At  the  marriage  feast 
each  guest  is  asked  for  a  song.  The  bride's  former  lover 
sings  his  unchanging  affection  for  her.  She  swoons  and 
spends  the  night  in  her  mother's  bed,  where  she  is  found  dead 
the  next  morning. 

THE  YOUNG  MAN'S  LOVE,  2aa,  9 :  The  singer  one  even- 
ing overhears  a  young  man  lamenting  the  faithlessness  of  his 
sweetheart,  who  scorns  him  for  his  poverty. 

[MAGGIE],  3a3b4c3b  and  2abab  (approximately),  7:  A 
story  of  Maggie,  the  constant  wife,  who  seeks  in  bar-room  and 
dry-goods  store  her  faithless  husband,  who  has  eloped  with 
Lula  Fry.  Failing  to  find  him,  she  wanders  to  the  cemetery, 
and  thence  to  the  railroad  trestle,  where  she  is  killed  by 
train  No.  Four. 


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JOE  HARDY,  4a3b4c3b,  6:  A  maiden's  explanation  to 
her  jilted  lover  that  when  she  plighted  her  troth  in  Bangor, 
she  had  not  then  met  Joe  Hardy,  whom  she  now  adores. 

3.     SONGS  OF  LOVE  THWARTED. 

LOVELY  JULIA,  iv,  4abcb,  9ca :  Crossed  in  love  by  her  par- 
ents, she  leaves  the  city,  goes  upon  a  mountain,  and  plunges 
a  dagger  into  her  breast.  Her  lover  finds  her  and  in  like 
manner  dies  with  her. 

JOHNNY  DOYLE,  2aa,  14ca :  A  maiden,  who  loves  Johnny, 
is  forced  by  her  parents  to  prepare  to  marry  Samuel  Moore. 
Just  as  the  priest  enters,  her  earrings  fall  to  the  floor  and 
her  stay-laces  burst.  She  is  carried  home  fatally  ill.  The 
mother  now  proposes  to  send  for  Johnny  Doyle,  but  it  is  too 
late — she  is  dead. 

ANNIE  WILLOW,  iii,  4a3b4c3b,  8 :  Her  lover  dreams  of 
her  and  goes  to  her  uncle's  house  to  visit  her.  Upon  being 
told  that  she  is  absent,  he  fights  his  way  in  with  drawn  sword 
and  takes  her  away  with  him. 

GREENBRIAR  SHORE,  4aa,  10 :  An  amorous  youth  recites 
his  love  for  Nancy  on  Greenbriar  Shore.  Her  father  chases 
him  away  with  an  "army  of  a  thousand  or  more."  The  sad 
lot  of  womankind  deplored. 

4.    SONGS  OF  ABSENT  LOVERS  KEUNITED. 

THE  SINGLE  SOLDIER  (THE  SAILOR  LOVER,  JOHN 
EILEY),  v,  4abcb,  8ca:  "A  pretty  fair  damsel  in  a  garden" 
is  wooed  by  a  passing  soldier  (or  sailor).  She  rejects  him, 
saying  her  lover  is  absent  in  the  wars.  Assured  of  her  faith- 
fulness, he  proves  his  identity  by  taking  their  betrothal  ring 
from  his  pocket. 

ANNIE  AND  WILLIE,  4a3b4c3b,  7:  He  bids  her  fare- 
well at  the  seashore  and  goes  on  .a  long  voyage.  After  three 
years  he  returns,  and,  disguised  as  a  beggar,  tests  her  devo- 
tion, draws  the  "patch  from  his  eye,"  is  recognized,  and  mar- 
ries her.  (Of.  The  Bailiffs  Daughter  of  Islington,  page  8, 
above.)  !  j  ' 

PRETTY  POLLY,  4aabb,  8 :    Pining  for  her  soldier  lover, 


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who  is  absent  in  the  "town  of  renown,"  she  goes  in  the  guise 
of  a  trooper  to  seek  him,  becomes  his  room-mate  for  the 
night,  and  discloses  her  identity  in  the  morning. 

5.     SONGS  OF  THE  MURDEROUS  LOVER.     (Or.  I  FOR  SIMILAR 
•    BALLADS.) 

FLORELLA  (FLOELLA,  FAIR  ELLA,  JEALOUS  LOVER),  iv, 
3abcb,  llca:  Her  lover  comes  one  moonlit  night  to  her  cot- 
tage window  and  persuades  her  to  wander  with  him  "through 
meadows  dark  and  gay."  She  reluctantly  follows,  and  is 
murdered  by  him,  forgiving  him  with  her  dying  breath. 

LITTLE  OMY  WISE  (LITTLE  ANNA),  iii,  4aa,  13:  John 
Lewis  seduces  her  with  promises,  lures  her  to  Adam's  Spring, 
murders  her,  and  throws  her  body  into  the  stream.  She  is 
"missen,"  the  body  is  found,  the  murderer  views  it  and  con- 
fesses the  crime. 

MILLER-BOY,  ii,  4a3b4c3b,  12ca:  Johnny,  the  miller's 
apprentice,  falls  in  love  with  a  Knoxville  girl.  One  night  the 
pair  go  walking;  he  murders  her  with  a  fence-stake,  explains 
the  stains  on  his  clothes  as  due  to  nose-bleed,  but  is  con- 
victed. (Cf.  Lizzie  Wan,  Child,  No.  51,  and  Waxford  Girl, 
page  13.) 

POLLY  VAUGHN,  2abcb  (approximately),  4ca:  One  even- 
ing dressed  in  white  she  goes  walking,  takes  refuge  from  a 
shower  under  a  holly  bush,  is  mistaken  for  a  swan  by  her 
lover,  Jimmy  Randal,  and  shot. 

ROSE  COLALEE  ( COLLEEN?),  4a3b4c3b,  2:  She  is  mur- 
dered on  the  bank  of  a  river,  by  her  lover,  who,  intoxicated 
with  Burgundy  wine,  is  persuaded  by  his  father's  promise  of 
money,  to  slay  her. 

NOTE. — Amid  the  flotsam  and  jetsam  of  popular  parlor- 
songs  everyivhere  current  the  following  have  come  to  hand. 
They  are  hardly  worth  preserving,  even  by  title,  save 
for  the  fact  that  in  spite  of  their  pseudo-literary  tang  they 
are  fellow  travelers  by  oral  tradition  with  the  true  folk-songs 
and  song-ballads. 

The  list  is :  The  Old,  Old  Love  is  Growing  Still;  There's 
a  Spark  of  Love  Still  Burning;  I'll  Remember  You,  Love,  in 


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My  Prayers;  The  White  Rose;  I'll  Love  Thee  Always;  Jack 
and  Mary ;  Willie  and  Kate ;  Won't  You  Ever  Come  Again  ? ; 
Fond  Affection;  Will  You  Love  Me  When  I'm  Old?;  Nell  and 
I  had  Quarrels ;  Tell  Me  Why  You've  Grown  so  Cold  ? ;  I  Want 
to  be  Somebody's  Darling ;  By  the  Gate ;  The  Broken  Engage- 
ment ;  Say  You'll  be  Mine  in  a  Year;  I  Cannot  be  Your  Sweet- 
heart ;  Kiss  Me  Again ;  Just  Going  Down  to  the  Gate ;  Darling, 
We  have  Long  been  Parted;  Our  Hands  are  Clasped;  Only 
Flirting ;  I  Loved  You  Better  than  You  Knew ;  Mollie  Dar- 
ling; The  Jealous  Girl:  The  Independent  Girl;  Willie,  Come 
Back ;  Free  Again :  The  Hawthorn  Tree ;  The  Sailor  Lad ; 
I'll  be  All  Smiles  Tonight;  Love,  I've  been  Faithful;  Mag- 
gie's Secret;  I  Eather  Think  I  Will;  Little  Sweetheart;  Meet 
Me  in  the  Moonlight;  He's  Got  Money,  Too;  After  the  Ball; 
Sweet  Bunch  of.  Daisies;  In  the  Shadow  of  the  Pines;  On 
the  Banks  of  the  Wabash;  Mary  has  Gone  with  a  "Coon." 


XII. 


This  group  contains  two-part  songs,  arranged  dialogue- 
fashion,,  like  a  debat  or  a  tenson.  A II  contain  love-themes,  as 
in  XI  above.  In  spite  of  the  obvious  logical  cross-division, 
it  has  seemed  well  to  print  them  as  a  separate  section. 

I'LL  GIVE  TO  You  A  PAPER  OF  PINS,  ii,  4aab3b,  13 :  The 
lover  offers  the  maiden  in  alternate  quatrains  various  gifts 
to  induce  her  to  marry  him.  She  replies  in  alternate  quat- 
rains, refusing  him.  Finally,  he  offers  "the  key  of  his  chest." 
She  accepts,  but  he  scorns  her  mercenary  love. 

MADAM,  I'VE  A-COUETING  COME,  4a3b4c3b,  7:  The 
lover  in  the  first  three  quatrains  offers  his  various  forms  of 
wealth  to  induce  the  lady  to  marry  him.  She  refuses  in  the 
fifth  stanza  his  mercenary  love.  He  makes  reply  in  the  sixth 
and  she  in  the  seventh. 

Two  LETTERS,  ii,  3abcb,  13:  The  first  four  quatrains 
constitute  the  letter  from  Charley  Brooks  to  Kelly  Adair,  ask- 
ing for  the  return  of  his  presents  to  her,  since  his  love  for 
her  has  grown  cold.  The  last  nine  are  her  reply,  acquiescing 
with  a  sad  dignity. 


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[STONY  HILL],  4a3b4c3b,  3:  Each  quatrain  contains, 
in  couplets  respectively,  question  and  reply  of  lover  and  sweet- 
heart, who  is  "sixteen  next  Sunday"  and  has  to  "ask  her 
mammy." 

STELLA,  4a3b4c3b,  14:     A  dialogue  between  Alfred,  a 
volunteer  at  his  country's  call,  to  Stella,  his  sweetheart. 
THE  WAGGONER'S  LAD:   See  Section  IX. 
KAINTUCKY  BOYS  :  See  Section  X. 
BUCKSKIN  BOYS:  See  Section  X. 

XIII. 

This  group  consists  of  humorous  songs.  Certain  ones 
resemble  modern  songs  of  the  vaudeville,  and  such  they 
probably  were. 

GRANDMOTHER'S  MUSTARD  PLASTER,  4aabb,  7ca:  The 
story  of  a  plaster  that  drew  the  buttons  from  a  vest,  axles 
from  a  wagon,  a  street  car  forty  miles,  jerked  a  "Chinee's" 
boot  off  and  pulled  his  leg  at  the  "opium  jint,"  mashed  a 
"cop's"  hat  down,  drew  a  wagon  over  town,  stuck  on  a  pas- 
senger train,  drew  it  to  Washington,  where  it  remained — 
stuck  on  politics. 

BOY  AND  BUMBLE-BEE,  4a3b4c3b(  ?),  5 :  An  urchin  puts 
a  bumble-bee  in  his  pistol  pocket  and  goes  fishing.  He  sits 
down,  the  bee  turns  the  trick,  and  "spoils  the  urchin's  dis- 
position." 

KATE  AND  THE  CLOTHIER,  4aabb,  8ca:  A  jilted  maiden 
disguises  herself  in  "an  old  cowhide  with  crooked  horns,"  and 
seizes  her  clothier-lover  in  a  "lonesome  field."  Thinking  her 
to  be  the  Devil,  he  renounces  the  lawyer's  daughter  and 
pledges  his  troth  to  Kate. 

SEYMORE  WILSON,  3a3b4c3b,  Sea :  He  is  a  gawky,  love- 
sick youth.  He  goes  a-courting  on  Potriffle,  but  finding  a 
rival  sitting  on  the  "calico-side"  returns  to  his  plowing, 
weeps,  then  becomes  cheerful  in  his  resolve  to  wait  for  an- 
other girl. 

BILLY  BOY,  ii,  4a3b4c3b,  7 :  He  replies  to  a  series  of 
questions  about  his  wife :  she  is  "too  young  to  leave  her  main- 


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my,"  can  "bake  a  cherry-pie,"  is  "as  tall  as  a  pine  and  as 
straight  as  a  pumpkin-vine,"  is  "twice  six  times  seven,  twice 
twenty  and  eleven,"  and  so  on. 

[THE  PREACHER  AND  THE  BEAR],  a  chant  of  the 
4a3b4c3b  type,  7ca:  He  goes  hunting  a-Sunday,  meets  a 
grizzly  bear,  climbs  a  tree,  and  prays  a  humorous  prayer  for 
help.  The  limb  breaks ;  he  falls,  but  escapes. 

[LovE  is  SUCH  A  FUNNY  THING],  4a3b4c3b4d3e4f3e 
and  4a3b4c3b,  9:  It  causes  empty  pockets,  second-hand 
clothing,  collectors,  and  even  brings  the  "bald-headed  end  of 
the  broom"  into  play:  a  husband's  soliloquy. 

[THE  MARRIED  MAN].  4aa,  5:  A  married  man's  woes: 
children  on  his  knees,  bad  clothing,  "seeping"  shoes — while 
the  single  man  suffers  none  of  these  things. 

DEVILISH  MARY,  4a3b4c3b,  5:  A  hen-pecked  husband's 
lament:  he  wooes  and  marries  the  termagant  within  three 
days — then  follows  trouble.  She  "mashes  his  mouth  with  a 
shovel,"  bundles  up  her  ''duds",  and  leaves  him  within  three 
weeks. 

I  WON'T  MARRY  AT  ALL,  4aab3b  and  4aab3b,  3 :  I  won't 
marry  a  rich  man  because  he  will  drink  and  fall  in  the  ditch ; 
a  poor  man,  for  he  will  go  begging;  a  fat  man,  for  he  will  do 
nothing  but  "nurse"  the  cat. 

POOR  OLD  MAID,  metre  as  below,  5:  She  laments  her 
virginity : 

Dressed  in  yaller,  pink,  and  blue — 

Poor  old  maid ! 

Dressed  in  yaller,  pink,  and  blue, 
I'm  just  as  sweet  as  the  morning  dew, 
And  to  a  husband  I'd  stick  like  glue — 

Poor  old  maid! 

I  WISH  I  WAS  SINGLE  AGAIN,  metre  as  below,  5 :  A 
married  man's  repentance :  his  first  wife  died — 

I  married  me  another,  0  then,  0  then; 

I  married  me  another  0  then; 

I  married  me  another,  the  Devil's  grandmother, 

And  I  wish  I  was  single  again. 


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JOE  BOWERS,  Sabcb,  10 :  He  leaves  his  sweetheart,  Sally 
Black,  in  Pike  County,  Missouri,  and  goes  to  "Rome,"  Cali- 
fornia, to  make  a  home  for  her.  Later,  he  receives  a  letter 
from  his  brother  Ike  saying  that  she  had  married  a  red- 
headed butcher  and  that  their  baby  had  red  hair. 

A  POUND  OF  Tow,  Sabcded,  4:  A  husband  warns  all 
bachelors  by  the  example  of  his  own  wife,  who,  though  a  good 
spinner  before  her  marriage,  has  since  become  a  gad-about 
and  a  gossip. 

XIV. 

The  songs  of  this  group,  in  lieu  of  a  better  caption,  may 
be  called  sentimental. 

THE  BLIXD  CHILD,  iii,  4a3b4c3b,  llca:  She  deplores 
her  father's  second  marriage,  kneels  to  say  her  evening  pray- 
ers, and  dies.  She  is  buried  by  the  side  of  her  mother. 

THE  DYING  NUN,  4abcb,  12:  To  Sister  Martha,  her 
nurse,  Sister  Clara  tells  her  youthful  waywardness  toward  her 
parents  and  recalls  her  early  love  for  Douglas,  and  dies. 

THE  SHIP  THAT  NEVER  RETURNED,  4a3b4c3b4d3e4f3e, 
6:  The  vanity  of  human  wishes:  a  feeble  lad  kissing  his 
mother  good-bye  as  he  sets  sail  to  seek  health  in  a  foreign 
climate;  a  gallant  seaman  kissing  his  wife  good-bye  as  he 
sets  sail  to  seek  their  fortune  across  the  seas — but  the  ship  of 
either  never  returned. 

I  HAVE  NO  MOTHER  Now,  3abab,  9:  An  orphan's  la- 
ment, with  a  vision  of  the  mother's  grave,  etc. 

THE  ORPHAN  GIRL,  4a3b4c3b,  8:  Refused  shelter  at 
the  door  of  a  rich  man  one  wintry  night,  she  dies  before  it 
in  the  snow. 

PHANTOM  FOOTSTEPS,  4ababcdcd  and  4abab,  3:  A 
mother's  night-yearning  for  her  dead  child. 

[THE  WAYWARD  GIRL],  4aa6b4ccGb4dd6e4ff6e  and 
4ab2cc4bde2ff4e,  2:  One  year  after  leaving  her  home  in 
wayward  love,  her  father  writes  her  of  her  mother's  death 
and  forgives  her,  but  she  refuses  to  return. 


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OLD  MAN'S  TROUBLE,  4aaob4cc5b  and  4aaob4cc5b,  3 :  A 
meditation  upon  the  sadness  of  old  age  and  a  warning  to  the 
young  against  their  own  days  of  poverty  and  senile  helpless- 
ness. 

IN  THE  BAGGAGE-COACH  AHEAD,  iii,  4a3b4c3b4d3e4f3e- 
4g3h4i3h  and  4aabb,  2 :  A  crying  child  brings  to  its  sad- 
eyed  father  remonstrances  from  sleepy  passengers  until  they 
are  told  that  the  dead  mother  is  in  the  bafirsrage-coach  ahead. 

[SWEET  MEMORY  OF  DEAR  MOTHER],  3abcbdefe  and 
Sabcbdefe,  3 :  A  child's  loving  reminiscence. 

LITTLE  MAUDIA,  4abcb,  6 :  A  dying  girl's  farewell  to 
her  mother. 

OLD  CHURCH-YARD,  4abcb,  7 :  A  forlorn  orphan's  medi- 
tation upon  her  mother's  grave. 

XV. 

The  songs  of  this  group,  in  lieu  of  a  more  accurate  name, 
may  be  catted  moralities,  since  they  contain  a  moral  incident 
or  reflection. 

[THE  BLACK  SHEEP],  4a3b4c3b4d3e4f3e  and  4a3b4c3b- 
4d3e4f  3e,  6 :  Jack  and  Tom  prevail  upon  their  rich  and  aged 
father  to  send  away  their  brother  Fred  as  a  "black  sheep." 
Later,  just  as  these  two  Pharisees  are  about  to  send  the  old 
man  to  the  poorhouse,  Fred  reappears  and  saves  him  from 
this  disgrace. 

[ NOTHING  TO  BE  MADE  BY  ROVING],  3abcb,  2 :  Dissipa- 
tion brings  discontent  at  last. 

Two  DRUMMERS,  Gaabbccdd  and  Gaabb,  2 :  In  a  "grand 
hotel"  they  speak  slightingly  to  a  pretty  waitress.  She  re- 
bukes them,  making  appeal  to  their  regard  for  their  mothers. 
They  apologize  to  her  and  one  of  them  marries  her. 

THE  DRUNKARD'S  DREAM,  ii,  4a3b4c3b,  9:  A  vision  of 
his  dead  wife  and  children  turns  him  from  strong  drink  for- 
ever after. 

FATHER,  DEAR  FATHER,  COME  HOME  WITH  ME  Now, 
4a3b4c3b4d3e4f3e  and  3a3b4c3b,  3  :  The  little  daughter  begs 


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her  father  to  come  home  from  the  grog-shop  before  her  little 
brother  dies.  The  clock  tolls  twelve,  one,  two,  three — and 
when  finally  she  leads  him  home,  the  boy  is  dead. 

A  DRIFTER  RESCUED,  4abcb,  10 :  The  turbulent  journey 
of  a  ship-wrecked  soul:  near  the  brink  of  destruction  the 
reckless  man  finds  a  redeemer  in  the  Savior. 

THE  WANDERING  BOY,  4aabb  and  4abcc,  4 :  A  mother's 
wail  for  her  wayward  son:  she  points  out  the  vacant  chair, 
cradle,  and  shoes  of  his  innocent  babyhood. 

XVI. 

This  group  contains  sequence-songs,  or  number-songs, 
like  the  popular  German  Zaehllieder,  though  not  all  are  nec- 
essarily sung,  but  rather  are  spoken.  The  first  one  below 
would  seem  to  be  akin  to  the  various  cabala  of  the  German 
Pietists  of  Pennsylvania. 

[TWELVE  APOSTLES],  as  follows: 

Twelve,  twelve  apostles, 
Eleven,  eleven,  I  went  to  heaven, 
Ten,  ten,  commandments, 
Nine  bright  lights  a-shining, 
Eight  Gabel  [Gabriel?]  angels, 
}   Seven  stars  a-hanging  high, 
Six,  six  go  acymord, 
Five  all  alone  abroard, 
Four  scorn  in  Wackford, 
Three  of  them  are  drivers, 
Two  of  them  are  little  lost  babes, 
Oh,  my  dear  Savior, 
One,  one  is  left  alone, 
One  to  be  left  alone. 

CLUB-FIST:  A  series  of  questions  and  answers  concern- 
ing the  fire,  water,  ox,  butcher,  rope,  rat,  cat,  etc. — each  of 
which  terms  is  destructive  of  the  preceding  one.  (Spoken.) 

JOHN  BROWN'S  LITTLE  INDIANS:     An  enumeration  of 


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his  "Indians"  from  unity  upward,  and  thence  hack  to  unity 
again. 

THE  UNLUCKY  YOUNG  MAN,  ii,  4aa  and  4aaa3b,  13ca: 
He  exchanges  oxen  for  a  cow,  the  cow  for  a  calf,  the  calf  for 
a  dog,  the  dog  for  a  cat,  the  cat  for  a  rat,  the  rat  for  a  mouse, 
which  "took  fire  to  her  tail  and  burned  down  the  house." 

OLD  SAM  SUCK-EGG,  ii,  2aa,  10 :  He  swaps  his  wife  for 
a  duck-egg,  and  this  for  other  commodities  in  turn,  which 
rime  with  each  preceding  line,  until  he  has  lost  all. 
(Spoken.) 

,  [I  BOUGHT  ME  A  HORSE],  4aa  and  cumulative  refrain 
of  animal  cries:  In  each  couplet  a  new  purchase  of  some 
common  animal  or  fowl  is  made,  while  each  succeeding  re- 
frain gathers  up  cumulative-fashion  the  cries  made  by  each 
succeeding  addition  to  the  collection. 

ONE,  Two,  COME  BUCKLE  MY  SHOE,  2aa,  10:  A  se- 
quence of  riming  half-lines,  each  containing  a  digit  up  to 
twenty.  (Spoken.) 

XVII. 

This  group  contains  songs  peculiar  to  the  folk-dances, 
"frolickings,"  and  movement-games  of  Kentucky. 

CHARLIE,  ii,  4a3t>4c3b,  an  endless  improvisation:  In 
praise  of  Charlie,  the  dandy,  who  feeds  the  girls  on  candy, 
drinks  the  apple-brandy,  etc. 

BLUEBIRD,  ii:  A  rythmical,  rimeless,  endless  improvi- 
sation, in  which  are  woven  the  "calls"  of  the  dance,  begin- 
ning: 

Yonder  goes  the  bluebird  through  the  window 
Down  in  Tennessee. 

THE  RAILROAD,  ii:  To  be  characterized  as  the  above, 
yet  totally  different,  beginning: 

Out  on  the  railroad,  0  Jubilee, 
Waiting  for  my  darling,  0  Jubilee. 


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THE  BOATMAN,  ii:  In  general  form  and  function  like 
the  above,  beginning: 

Here  she  sits  in  her  sad  station. 

LONG  SUMMER  DAY,  ii:  In  general  form  and  function 
like  the  above,  beginning: 

Skate  around  the  ocean, 
In  a  long  summer  day. 

A-MOANING  AND  GROANING,  ii :  In  general  form  and 
function  like  the  above,  beginning: 

A-moaning  and  groaning,  4 

And  that  shall  be  the  cry. 

MARCHING  ROUND  THE  LEVY  [LADY?]  :  In  general  form 
and  function  like  the  above,  beginning : 

We're  marching  round  the  levy, 
For  we  have  gained  the  day. 

GOING  TO  BOSTON:  In  general  form  and  function  like 
the  above,  beginning: 

Now  we'll  promenade,  one,  two,  three, 
So  earhr  in  the  morning. 

HERE  COME  Two  DUKES  A-ROVING,  ii:  A  rhythmical, 
rimeless  improvisation  for  the  men  and  women  of  the  dance, 
alternately — beginning : 

Here  comes  two  dukes  a-roving, 
With  a  high-o-ransom-day. 

SKIP  TO  MY  Lou,  ii :  A  rhythmical,  rimeless  chant  made 
up  of  the  dance  "calls,"  beginning: 

Steal  your  partner,  skip  to  my  lou, 
Skip  to  my  lou,  my  darling. 

FOL  DOL  SOL,  4a3b4c3b,  2ca:    One  quatrain  is: 

If  you  love  me  as  I  love  you, 

We  have  not  long  to  tarry; 
We'll  keep  the  old  folks  fixing  up 

For  you  and  me  to  marry. 


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GREEN  GROWS  THE  WILLOW,  4aaaa,  4ca:    One  quat- 
rain is: 

Green  grow  the  rashes  0, 

Green  grow  the  rashes  0, 
Kiss  her  quick  and  let  her  go, 
For  yonder  comes  her  mammy  0. 

THE  J<JLLY  MILLER,  iii,  metre  as  follows,  2: 

Jolly  is  the  miller  that  lives  by  the  mill, 
The  wheel  goes  round  with  a  right  good  will, 
One  hand  in  the  hopper  and  the  other  in  the  sack — 
The  hoys  step  forward  and  the  girls  step  back. 

SISTER  PHOEBE,  4aab,  2:    It  begins: 

Old  sister  Phoebe,  how  happy  were  we 
The  night  we  sat  under  the  juniper  tree, 
The  juniper  tree,  heigh  ho,  heigh  ho. 

NEEDLE'S  EYE,  as  follows: 

Xeedle's  eye  that  doth  supply 
The  thread  that  runs  so  true; 

Many  a  beau  have  I  let  go 
Because  I  wanted  you. 

GREEN  GRAVEL,  4aabb,  4ca:    It  begins: 

Green  gravel,  green  gravel,  the  grass  is  so  green; 
You're  the  prettiest  maiden  that  ever  was  seen. 

[OLD  QUEBEC],  ii,  4a3b4c3b,  3ca:    It  begins: 

We're  marching  down  to  Old  Quebec, 
Where  the  fifes  and  drums  are  beating; 

America  has  gained  the  day 
And  the  British  are  retreating. 

[SISTER  FRANKIE],  3abcb  and  3abcb,  3 :    The  refrain  is: 

Twice  one  is  two 

And  one  and  two  is  three; 
Dance  around  the  maypole 

Just  like  me. 


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BUFFALO,  ii,  4a3b4c3b,  2 :    It  begins : 

Come  along,  my  dearest  dear, 

Present  to  me  your  hand ; 
We  are  roaming  in  succession 

To  some  far  and  distant  land. 

BOUQUET  PATCH   (PAWPAW  PATCH),  ii:     An  endless, 
rimeless  improvisation,  beginning: 

Where,  oh  where,  is  pretty  little  Mary? 
Way  down  yonder  in  the  bouquet  patch. 

Go  IN  AND  OUT  AT  THE  WINDOW  :    An  endless,  rimeless 
improvisation  containing  the  dance  calls  in  order. 


XVIII. 

This  group  contains  paralipomena  which  baffle  individ- 
ual description.  It  embraces  counting-out  rimes,  jigs,  lul- 
labies, child-rimes,  nonsense-rimes,  and  ditties.  They  are 
always  rhythmical,  and  usually  rimed,  varying  in  length  from 
a  couplet  to  an  endless  improvisation.  The  following  list  is 
an  attempt  to  name  them: 

Cluck,  Old  Hen;  Frog  in  the  Meadow;  Old  as  Moses; 
When  I  was  a  Little  Boy ;  Sugar  in  the  Gourd ;  I'll  Build  My 
Nest  in  a  Tree;  Old  Dan  Tucker;  Possum  up  a  Gum-stump; 
By-o  Baby  Bunting;  Peter  Punkin-eater ;  Chickamy  Corney- 
crow;  William  Trimmel  Tram:  Shidepoke  and  Crane; 
Johnny's  out  on  Picking;  Sourwood  Mountain;  Frisky  Jim; 
Ground-hog;  Tarry;  Granny,  Will  Your  Dog  Bite?;  Old  Sam 
Simons;  Beefsteak  When  I'm  Hungry;  Gray  Goose;  Needle 
and  Thread ;  It  Rained  so  Hard ;  I'll  Never  get  Drunk  Any- 
more; Eock  Island;  Show  Me  the  Way  to  Go  Home;  Some- 
times Drunk  and  Sometimes  Sober;  Apples  in  the  Summer- 
time; Coony  has  a  Ringy  Tail;  I  Went  Down  Town;  Sally 
in  the  Garden;  Old  Dad;  Coon-dog;  Rabbit  Walked;  Shoo, 
Old  Lady,  Shine!;  Hook  and  Line;  Day  I'm  Gone;  Churn 
Your  Buttermilk;  Kalamazine;  Hang  Down  Your  Head;  I 
Feel;  Shoot  Your  Dice;  Sara  Jane;  Whickum-whack ;  Up 


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to  the  Court-house;  Come  a  High  Jim  Along;  Had  an  Old 
Mare;  To  Bowser's;  Roll  the  Old  Chariot  Along;  Shady 
Grove;  Whangho;  Cripple  Creek. 


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INDEX 


After  the  Ball    29 

All  on  the  Banks  of  Clauda..  24 
A-moaning  and  Groaning  ...  38 

Annie  and  Willie    27 

Annie  Willow    27 

Apples  in   the  Summer-time,  38 

Apprentice   Boy,    The 10 

Arkansas  Traveller   15 

Assassination  of  J.  B.  Mar- 

cum,   The    18 

Auxville  Love,   The 24 

Avonia   21 

Awful  Wedding,  The 26 

Bailiff's    Daughter     of     Isl- 
ington,  The   ? 

Barbara  Allen   8 

Barney  and   Kate 21 

Battle  of  Gettysburg 14 

Beauchamp's  Confession 16 

[Bedroom  Window]   23 

Beefsteak  When  I'm  Hungry,  38 
Beneath    the   Arch   of  Lon- 
don Bridge   10 

Betsy  Brown   12 

Betty  Stout   Ifi 

Billy   Boy    30 

[Black    Sheep,    The] 33 

Blind  Child.  The  32 

Blue  and  the  Gray,  The 14 

Bluebird   35 

Boatman,   The    36 

Bosom  Friend  8 

Bounty  Jumpers    14 

Bouquet  Patch   38 

Boy  and   Bumble-bee 30 

Broken   Engagement,    The...  29 

Buckskin  Boys   21,  30 

Buffalo  38 

Butcher's  Boy,  The  24 

By  the  Gate   29 

By-o    Baby   Bunting 38 

California  Joe   16 

Can    You    then     Love     An- 
other?   25 

Cause  and   Killing  of  Jesse 

Adams,  The   18 

Charlie    35 

Chickamy   Corney-crow 38 

Churn  Your  Buttermilk 38 

Club-fist    .  ..24 


Cluck,  Old  Hen   38 

Cold,   Dark  Scenes  of  Win- 
ter, The  25 

Cold  Winter's  Night   8 

Come  a  High  Jim  Along 39 

Come,    All   Ye   Jolly   Boats- 
man  Boys    22 

[Come,     All     Ye     Southern 

Soldiers]    15 

[Constant  Johnny]    22 

Coon-dog 38 

Coony  has  a  Ringy  Tail 38 

Cripple  Creek   39 

Cubeck's  Garden   11 

Cuckoo   24 

Dandoo   8 

Darling,  We  have  Long  been 

Parted    29 

Day  I'm  Gone  38 

Devilish  Mary   31 

Drifter  Rescued,  A   ?4 

Driver  Boy,  The   9 

Drunkard's  Dream,   The 33 

Dying  Cowboy,  The 15 

Dying  Girl's  Message,  The...  25 
Dying  Nun,  The   32 

Eddingsburg  Town   11 

Edward    7 

Edward  Hawkins    17 

[Ephraim  and  Lucy] 23 

F.  F.  V.,  The  20 

Fair  Ella  28 

Fair  Ellender  7 

Fair  Margaret  and  Sweet 

William  8 

Fair  Notamon  Town 11 

Fan,  The  10 

Farmer's  Boy,  The 20 

Father,  Dear  Father,  Come 

Home  with  Me  Now 33 

Floella  28 

Florella  28 

Floyd  Frazier  18 

Fol  Dol  Sol  36 

Fond  Affection  29 

Free  Again  29 

Frisky  Jim  38 

Frog  in  the  Meadow 38 


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Go  In  and  Out  at  the  Win- 
dow    38 

Goebel  and  Taylor 21 

Going  to  Boston   36 

Golden  Glove,  The 11 

Grandmother's  Mustard 

Plaster   30 

Granny,      Will      Your     Dog 

Bite?  38 

Gray  Goose  33 

Green  Gravel   37 

Green  Grows  the  Willow....  37 

Green  Willow  Tree,  The 9 

Greenbriar   Shore    27 

Greenwoo.d  Side,  The 7 

Ground-hog   38 

Guerrilla  Man,  The 14 

Had  an  Old  Mare  39 

Handsome  Flora  1C 

Hang  Down  Tour  Head 38 

Hang  Down  Your  Head  and 

Cry  25 

Hawthorn  Tree,  The 29 

Here  Come  Two  Dukes  A- 

roving  36 

He's  Got  Money,  Too 29 

Hiram  Hubbert  14 

Hook  and  Line  38 

House  Carpenter,  The 8 

[I  Bought  Me  a  Horse] 35 

I    Cannot    be    Your     Sweet- 
heart    29 

I  Feel    38 

I     have     Finished     Him     a 

Letter 25 

I  Have  no  Mother  Now 32 

I    Loved    You    Better    than 

You  Knew   29 

I  Rather  Think  I  Will 29 

I  Used  to  Love   24 

I    Want    to    be    Somebody's 

Darling  29 

I  Went  Down  Town   38 

I  Wish  I  was  Single  Again..  31 

I  Won't  Marry  at  All 31 

If  I  had  Minded  Mamma 24 

I'll  be  All  Smiles  Tonight...  29 
I'll  Build  My  Nest  in  a  Tree,  38 
I'll  Give  to  You  a  Paper  of 

Pins 29 

I'll  Hang  My  Harp  on  a  Wil- 
low  tree    23 

I'll  Love  Thee  Always 29 

I'll    Never    get    Drunk    Any- 
more      38 

I'll  Remember  You,  Love,  in 
My    Prayers    28 


I'm  Going  to  Join  the  Army,  15 

I'm   Scorned  for  being  Poor,  26 

[In  Rowan  County  Jail] 17 

In     the     Baggage- coach 

Ahead    33 

In  the  Shadow  of  the  Pines. .  29 

Independent  Girl,   The 2'j 

Irish   Girl    14 

Irish  Molly  O    13 

Irish  Peddler,  The   19 

It  Rained  so  Hard 38 

Jack  and  Joe 24 

Jack  and  Mamie 23 

Jack  and  Mary 29 

Jack   Combs's   Death   Song..  17 

Jack  Wilson    10 

Jackaro    9 

James   A.    Garfleld 21 

Jealous  Girl,  The 29 

Jealous  Lover   28 

[ Jeems    Braggs]    18 

Jereboam   Beauchamp    19 

Jesse   James    16 

Jew's   Daughter,   The 8 

Joe   Bowers    32 

Joe  Hardy    27 

John  Brown's  Little  Indians,  34 

John  Hardy    19 

John  Riley   27 

John   T.    Parker    IS 

Johnnie  Came  from  Sea 14 

Johnny   Doyle    27 

Johnny's  out   on  Picking 38 

Jolly  Miller,   The    37 

Just     Going     Down     to     the 
Gate    29 

Kaintucky   Boys    21,    30 

Kalamazine    38 

Kate   and   the   Clothier 30 

King's  Daughter,   The 7 

Kiss  Me  Again    29 

Kitty  Wells   22 

Lady  Gay    9 

Last  Night  as  I  Lay  Sleeping,  17 

Little  Anr.a    28 

Little    Maudia    33 

Little   Nellie    26 

Little  Omy  Wise  28 

Little  Sparrow   25 

Little  Sweetheart   29 

Little  Willie    7 

Lone  Prairie,  The    15 

Lonesome  Dove    22 

Lonesome  Dove    2.2 

Long  Summer  Day   36 

Lord   Bateman    7 


Lord  Lovely    8 

Lord  of  Old  Country 7 

Lord   Randal    7 

Lord    Thomas    and    Fair    El- 
lender   8 

Lord     Vanner's     (Daniel's) 

Wife    8 

Lorla   22 

[Love     is     Such     a     Funny 

Thing]    31 

Love,   I've  been   Faithful 29 

Lovely      Caroline      of       Old 

Edinboro    11 

Lovely  Julia    27 

Lovely  Nancy   23 

Lovely  Nancy  26 

Lover's  Farewell    8 

Loving   Hanner    26 

Loving  Henry   8 

Lynchburg  Town    20 

MacAf  ee's  Confession 16 

Madam,  I've  A-courting 

Come  29 

[Maggie]  26 

Maggie's  Secret  29 

Marching  Round  the  Levy. .  3o 

[Married  Man,  The] 31 

Mary  has  Gone  with  a 

"Coon"  29 

Mary  of  the  Wild  Moor 12 

Meet  Me  in  the  Moonlight...  29 

Miller-boy  '.'8 

Mollie  Darling  29 

Molly  13 

Moonshiner,  The 19 

Murf reesboro  14 

My  Bonnie  Little  Girl 26 

Nancy   Till    23 

Needle  and  Thread 38 

Needle's   Eye    37 

Nell  and  I  had  Quarrels 29 

Nora  O'Neil    22 

[Nothing    to    be    Made    by 
Roving]    33 

Old  as  Moses    38 

Old    Church-yard    33 

Old  Dad   33 

Old  Dan  Tucker  33 

Old    Gray    20 

Old  Man's   Trouble    3? 

Old  Miller,   The   20 

Old  Number  Four  20 

Old,    Old    Love    is     Growing 

Still,    Thfe    23 

[Old   Quebec]    37 

Old  Sam  Simons   .  . .  33 


Old  Sam  Suck-egg  35 

Old  Shoemaker,  The  20 

Old  Woman  of  London,  The  10 
On  the  Banks  of  the  Wa- 

bash  29 

One,  Two,  Come  Buckle  My 

Shoe  35 

Only  Flirting  29 

Orphan  Girl,  The  32 

Our  Hands  are  Clasped 29 

Package  of  Old  Letters,  A..  22 

Pale  Amaranthus,  The 24 

Patty  on  the  Canal  13 

Pawpaw  Patch  38 

Peter  Punkin-eater  38 

Phantom  Footsteps  32 

Polly,  My  Charmer 16 

Polly  Vaughn  .  .„ 28 

Poor  Goens  18 

Poor  Old  Maid  31 

Poor  Strange  Girl,  A ?5 

Possum  up  a  Gum -stump. . .  3? 

Pound  of  Tow,  A 32 

[Preacher  and  the  Bear, 

The]  31 

Pretty  Mohee  (Maumee), 

The  12 

Pretty  Peggy  O  9 

Pretty  Polly  7 

Pretty  Polly  7 

Pretty  Polly  25 

Pretty  P611y  5>7 

Pretty  Saro  22 

Rabbit  Walked   38 

Railroad,  The   35 

[Railroad   Boy]    20 

Red  River  Valley   21 

Regret,    A    2fi 

Rich     and     Rambling     Boy, 

The   17 

Rich  Margeut,    The 10 

Rock  Island    38 

Roll   the  Old   Chariot   Along,  39 

Romish   Lady.    The    12 

Rope  and  the  Gallows,  The..  7 

Rosanna    12 

Rose  Colalee   (Colleen?) 28 

Rosin    the   Bow    19 

Rosin    the   Bow    20 

Roving  Irish  Boy    13 

Rowan  County  Tragedy,  The  IS 

Rowdy  Boys    17 

Sailor  Lad,   The    25 

Sailor  Lover,   The    27 

Sailor's  Request,   The 16 


43 


Sally  in   the  Garden 38 

Santford   Barnes    15 

Sara  Jane   38 

Say    You'll     be    Mine     in     a 

Year   29 

Seymore  Wilson  30 

Shady  Grove   39 

Shearfield   11 

[She  was  Happy  till  Slie  Met 

You]    23 

Shidepoke   and    Crane    38 

Ship    that    Never    Returned, 

The 32 

Shoo,   Old  Lady,    Shine 38 

Shoot  Your  Dice 38 

Show    Me    the    Way    to    Go 

Home   38 

Silk     Merchant's     Daughter, 

Tho   12 

Single    Soldier,    The 27 

[Sister   Frankie]    37 

Sister  Phoebe   37 

Six  Pretty  Fair  Maids 7 

Skip  to  My  Lou   35 

Sometimes  Drunk  and  Some- 
times Sober   38 

Sourwood   Mountain    38 

Squire,    The    26 

Starving  to  Death  on  a  Gov- 
ernment  Claim    15 

Steel-driver,   The    19 

Stella 30 

Stockyard  Gate   20 

[Stony   Hill]    30 

Sugar  in   the  Gourd 38 

Sweet    Birds    22 

Sweet  Bunch  of  Daisies 29 

Sweet  Jane    13 

[Sweet     Memory     of     Dear 

Mother]    33 

Sweet   Summer  Evening 23 

Sweet     William     and     Fair 
Ellender   8 

Talt  Hull    18 

Tarry    3? 

Tell  Me  Why  You've  Grown 
so   Cold    .  .29 


There     was     a     Rich     Old 

Farmer    23 

There's  a  Spark  of  Love  Still 

Burning  28 

Three  Little  Babes   7 

[To  America]    12 

To  Cheer  the  Heart   i'5 

To  Rowser's    39 

Tom   Smith's  Death  Song. . .  17 

Turkish  Lady,   The  7 

[Twelve  Apostles]    34 

Two  Drummers    33 

Two  Letters    29 

Two  Soldiers,  The  14 

Unlucky  Young  Man,  The...  i5 
Up  to  the  Court-house 38 


Vain   Girl 


Waggoner's  Lad,  The 20,  30 

Wait  for  the  Wagon 23 

Walking-boss  19 

Wandering  Boy,  The 34 

Waxford  Girl,  The 13 

Wayward  Girl,  The 32 

We  have  Met  and  We  have 

Parted  24 

Whangho  39 

When  I  was  a  Little  Boy...  38 

Whickum-whack  38 

White  Rose,  The  29 

Who'll  be  King  but  Charlie?  .11 
Will  You  Love  Me  When  I'm 

Old?  29 

William  Baker  18 

William  Hall  11 

William  Riley  13 

William  Trimmel  Tram 38 

Willie  and  Kate  29 

Willie,  Ccme  Back  29 

Won't  You  Ever  Come 

Again?    29 

Young  Edwin   9 

Young  Man's  Love,  The 26 

Zollicoffer   .,  .15 


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